Fogarty Forum: Páirc Uí Chaoimh strife haunts Cork

Cork GAA do a decent job of acting like a highly functional organisation but so many of their waking hours are occupied with this huge debt.

MAGIC MONDAY: Róisín McHugh from Leitrim club Ballinamore Sean O’Heslins with her award after she was yesterday named the Croke Park/LGFA Player of the Month for November. Sean O’Heslins will play Cork outfit Glanmire in next Saturday’s All-Ireland Club IFC final. Picture: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

It is only when you catalogue the inconveniences the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh and servicing its debt has caused Cork teams that the full picture forms.

We’ll get to the €30 million-plus albatross that is going to hang around the neck of the sport in the county for the next quarter of a century in a minute. For now, let’s list how it has otherwise discommoded players and supporters.