Updated at 4.30pm.
THE CORK COUNTY board has reached agreement with a local residents group over the proposed €70million redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
In a statement today, the Board said they had undertaken a ”comprehensive memorandum of understanding” with the Ballintemple Area Residents Association (BARA) which would result in their appeal against the stadium and center of excellence being withdrawn.
Earlier this year, Cork City Council granted planning permission for the project that would see the stadium transform into a 45,000 seat arena with “state of the art playing and training facilities, performance assessment and rehab facilities, an all weather pitch, restaurants, conference facilities and a museum.”
However, a number of appeals were lodged with An Bord Pleanala after the decision was taken.
Today though, a statement from the Board read:
“Cork County Board G.A.A. and Ballintemple Area Residents Association are pleased to announce that they have agreed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding.
“The memorandum contains a set of proposals which identify new consultative structures between the parties going forward and address specific issues of concern to residents.
“The memorandum was signed last night by representatives of the Board and BARA and was the culmination of intensive discussions over several weeks.
BARA has informed An Bord Pleanala that it has withdrawn its objection/observation to the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaoimh and the establishment of a Centre of Excellence by Cork County Board.”
However, a spokesperson for An Bord Pleanala told TheScore.ie their oral hearing of “three valid appeals” would continue adding that BARA were not in a position to withdraw their appeal as they were just one part of a larger “umbrella group” who appealed Cork City Council’s decision.
“The case is not concluded,” he said.
70 million euro to build one stand in a dilapidated stadium in a terrible location. Terrible decision.
Too late to stop this particular white elephant. Mores the pity. CCB have their priorities all wrong. Hurling in Cork slowly going down the tubes and money being wasted to satisfy egos.
The long walk in from town is part of the occasion and it’s a nice setting by the river but there needs to be a shuttle bus service or something sorted for the place. It’s a total dead end.
The long walk ain’t much fun in the pissing rain….
River ferries
Well, sir, there’s nothing on earth like a genuine, bona fide electrified, six-car monorail.
What’d I say?
Monorail …….
The long walk will be worse when you are going to watch cork play division 1 b hurling again
How many times have we complained the Pairc is a kip.
It’s needs to redeveloped, if the county board built a 30000 stadium you’d have people whinging it’s not big enough.
I say “build it and they will come ” this time not ghosts but real matches.
Agreement with the GAA..no such thing, will be all rosy until its built and then it will be Croke Park all over again.
Well i hope its not as disastrous as the total muck of a design that is in Castlebar. Poles everywhere in the stand. Then they plonk 4 huge flooding stanchions in each corner of the terraces for good measure. Limerick floodlighting the same. Felt sorry for all those fans stuck behind them for the semi-final replay. Prehistoric design!
When are we gonna get a nice cg flythrough of the stadium so we can get a proper look at it, like Casement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eRSwZXUpiXE
Or when you realize it’s not soccer once you arrive
Did you watch the hurling on sunday Jim? Then the national soccer team? If you found the soccer more entertaining theres something wrong with you.
Clearly the hurling final was a classic. Comparing that to Ireland Georgia is like comparing a Kerry v Longford hurling match to the 1970 World Cup final.
… Replace Sundays match with any ireland match over the last 10 years.
Compare Ireland’s matches to any game played by the Longford hurlers…
Roughly sums up our world ranking…. I’m not being serious anyways, I’m just responding to the troll above.
I think it’s stupid when county’s get stadiums of over 40,000 because it never gets filled the big games go to croke park so it’s a waste there better off making a 20,000 stadium it would be better atmosphere