The big interview with Marc Sheehan: 'I won’t be shillyshallying on things that need to be done'

It’s been a brutal, bruising few years for Cork GAA – on and off the field. No sooner did a controversy subside than another loomed. Fire-fighting became the default setting, but despite the Covid pause, there’s a sense of a corner being turned. At least new Cork chairman Marc Sheehan believes so. He spoke to Tony Leen.

Marc Sheehan, chairman Cork County board with his wife Caitríona and son Ruaidhri at Pairc Ui Chaoimh. Pictures: Eddie O'Hare

Marc Sheehan, a tidy man of 42, is a disciple of diligence and detail. He was a GAA club chairman at 23 and when he’s told that he sounds and speaks like the school principal he is, it’s encouraging that he doesn’t get all huffy.

Why tell you any more about the new Cork GAA chairman — a county that doesn’t do crises by half — when he can show you around himself. They told us in writing school: Show, don’t tell. Death to adverbs.