Tony Leen: So where does Cork GAA turn to next to fund Páirc debt?

The future of Páirc Ui Rinn, meanwhile, is a hot potato few have had the stomach to grapple with just yet but the Boreenmanna Road facility is arguably the most valuable piece of real estate in the possession of Cork GAA. That is lost on no-one

SELLOUT: Páirc Ui Chaoimh was packed for the visit of South Africa to play Munster. Pic: Ben Brady, Inpho

ONCE the agreement for the SuperValu naming rights of Páirc Ui Chaoimh is tagged and bagged by County Board delegates Thursday night, Cork GAA CEO Kevin O’Donovan might afford himself a brief moment’s respite before channelling his inner Jed Bartlett and wondering: What’s next?

The Páirc’s naming rights was the standout money-generating option readymade in Cork GAA’s locker and while €4.25m, or thereabouts, over the next ten years is welcome, it leaves Cork still ‘fighting on all fronts’, as O’Donovan put it Wednesday, to put a meaningful hole in their annual repayments and the burdensome €30m stadium development debt.