Micheál Martin told the Irish Examiner's Future Cork event on Friday that sport could be used to increase the profile of what is a "great sporting city". "Páirc Uí Chaoimh is an extraordinary facility. "So how do we as a city harness a resource like Páirc Uí Chaoimh, like Virgin Media Park? Mr Martin said that discussions around local authority ownership of facilities are "very embryonic", but that Páirc Uí Chaoimh is an "extraordinary municipal facility". Páirc Uí Chaoimh GAA stadium.

Source: Irish Examiner February 27, 2026 21:00 UTC