Cork GAA funding trip to San Francisco tees up future opportunities

The appetite exists on the part of expatriate benefactors to co-finance a standalone Cork GAA centre of excellence, fundraisers have been told in San Francisco, writes Irish Examiner Sports Editor Tony Leen.

The Cork Senior Football (CSF) Funding company — set up to provide Cork senior football and hurling squads with an additional stream of funding to that provided by the County Board — spent four days on America’s west coast earlier this month and received positive feedback to the venture from a number of GAA and Irish business figures in the city.