Cork coffers counting reward of Sheeran gigs

The Ed Sheeran bandwagon moved on from Cork yesterday, leaving local GAA officials over €1m richer.

Industry sources estimated the Cork County Board’s cut of the revenue generated by the three-concert run in Pairc Ui Chaoimh as well over the €1m mark and, depending on the return from the franchise outlets in the stadium over the three evenings, it could be as much as €1.4m (Sheeran himself is estimated to clear up to €2m per concert).

Páirc Uí Chaoimh stadium operations manager Bob Ryan told the Irish Examiner last week that the revenue would be ploughed back into the promotion of the games and towards paying off the debt associated with the development of the stadium.