Tracey Kennedy declares ‘new era’ for Cork GAA, lauds ‘positive’ tie-up with Croke Park

Tracey Kennedy began her address to Cork’s GAA convention on Saturday with some words of thanks, apologising in advance for unintentional omissions. “It’s been a busy week,” she explained.

The financial scenario presented by Croke Park’s stadium manager Peter McKenna regarding the cost of the Páirc Ui Chaoimh redevelopment had Kennedy and her executive reaching for rebuttal evidence on the eve of convention. Which, in turn, took her on a delicate political slalom between rejecting the stadium cost had soared to €110m and showing due respect to the accounting acumen of the association’s hierarchy.