Kevin O’Donovan believes that club GAA and inter-county can co-exist

The Cork County Board CEO was a member of the GAA’s fixture calendar review task force

EXCITING PARTNERSHIP: ‘Irish Examiner’ editor Tom Fitzpatrick, Cork GAA chairperson Tracey Kennedy, along with John O’Rourke, Rosscarbery, and Conor Cahalane, St Finbarr’s, help launch the ‘Irish Examiner’ three-year media partnership with Cork GAA at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Picture: Cathal Noonan

Cork GAA CEO Kevin O’Donovan is opposed to a split season and believes the staging of this year’s club championships at the height of summer will strengthen the appetite for the club and inter- county seasons to run concurrently at summertime in the years ahead.

The GAA’s 2020 master fixture schedule was turned on its head during lockdown, with the club season afforded ownership of the summer months and on into September and early October, at which point a truncated inter-county season will crank into action.