'There's a huge millstone around Cork's neck' — Cusack blasts GAA on stadium spending

RTÉ analyst hits out at Croke Park over Páirc Uí Chaoimh debt issues and compares GAA hierarchy to Tory Party in UK

STRONG WORDS: RTÉ analyst team, from left, Jackie Tyrell, Dónal Óg Cusack and Joanne Cantwell at half-time during the Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group A match between Cork and Kilkenny at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh in Cork. Pic: Eóin Noonan/Sportsfile

Former Cork goalkeeper Dónal Óg Cusack has hit out at the GAA over stadium strategy and spending, insisting Cork's Páirc Uí Chaoimh debt is having a direct effect on county players. 

The Cork County Board recently agreed a rights deal to see its redeveloped home renamed SuperValu Páirc Uí Chaoimh with the 10-year deal helping put a dent in stadium debts understood to be around €30m. The agreement caused controversy with Tánaiste Micheál Martin among those to come out against the deal when it was first mooted.