pairc ui chaoimh

[Syferus]

looks fantastic , Pity they didnt do a mayo V cork , donegal V galway double header there next saturday .
Feck the begrudgers.

failing that why is donegal V Galway not in Castlebar?

Sure you're taking the piss on both counts Ros?

Sligo is far enough away from Malin Head/Clonmany for any journey to a neutral venue match..

[Owenmoresider]

looks fantastic , Pity they didnt do a mayo V cork , donegal V galway double header there next saturday .
Feck the begrudgers.

failing that why is donegal V Galway not in Castlebar?

Sligo is pretty much half way between the two. It'll be sufficient for the crowd that will go too.

[OgraAnDun]

Multi million euro redevelopment and didn't see fit to kit it out with Hawkeye

Well done Lads

It has a "score detection system" - apparently Hawkeye is the brand name for the system used in Croke Park (and presumably Thurles) but this is a different brand.

Hawk Eye is a Sony product unless I am very much mistaken, so they must have used different technology.

[Duine Eile]

According to the42.ie Galway and Clare minor hurlers will play before the senior game on the 22nd July. Absolute madness.

[clonadmad]

Shite tickets on sale ATM

401/101 best to hold off for a while

[twohands!!!]

Multi million euro redevelopment and didn't see fit to kit it out with Hawkeye

Well done Lads

It has a "score detection system" - apparently Hawkeye is the brand name for the system used in Croke Park (and presumably Thurles) but this is a different brand.

Hawk Eye is a Sony product unless I am very much mistaken, so they must have used different technology.

Frank told the painters to leave some of their ladders behind for the umpires to climb.

Voila an alternative "score detection system"

[clonadmad]

Freemount GAA club email to all Cork County board members

Quote:
From: Secretary Freemount Cork
Sent: 01 July 2017 18:18:04
To: Chairperson Cork; ViceChairperson Cork; administrator cork; senior administrator cork; Treasurer Cork; PRO Cork; Childrensofficer Cork; DevelopmentOfficer Cork; IrishCulturalOfficer Cork; Coaching Officer Cork; chairperson imokilly.cork;


A Chara,

As you are aware, all decisions being made by the Executive and the Steering Committee in relation to Pairc Ui Chaoimh are under the jurisdiction of the County Committee. However, the County Committee has received minimal information in relation to Pairc Ui Chaoimh since the development commenced. Consequently, we would appreciate if you would respond to the queries set out below in advance of the next county board meeting and circulate it to the County Committee. If this is not possible, we will expect a verbal response to the queries at the next county board meeting.

The following are our queries in relation to Pairc Ui Chaoimh :

- Did the Steering Committee receive assurances from the main contractor and electrical contractor that Pairc Ui Chaoimh would be completed on time for the Munster football final ? If so, is there a penalty payable now for late completion and for how much? If a penalty is not payable, why not ?

- Is the Steering Committee fully satisfied that Pairc Ui Chaoimh will be ready on time for the All Ireland hurling quarter finals ?

- Has Sisk lodged any claims for contra charges due to delays outside their control ? If so, for how much ?

- Why did the Steering Committee take responsibility for appointing the electrical contractors instead of Sisk being responsible for it ?

- What is the expected cost of the overall development ? If as reported, it is significantly in excess of the amount of €78m presented to the County Committee as being the final cost, how did the additional costs arise ?

- If there have been cost overruns, why have the County Committee not been updated on these overruns over the past eighteen months.

- Is there any part of the proposed development project not being done because of financial constraints ?

- How many Premium Level Seats have been sold ?

- Is there any risk of promised grant funding not being received ?

- What is the position with the Stadium naming rights contract ?

- What is the anticipated shortfall on the development of the stadium and how will this shortfall be financed ?

- Why is the appointment of a stadium manager not on the agenda at present?

- It has been reported in the Media that Bob Ryan will be employed on a 12 month contract. Is this correct and if so, what was the process for making this appointment ? If the position was not advertised, why not ?

- How many people will be employed in Pairc Ui Chaoimh going forward and what will be the role of each employee ?

- When does the Executive take over from the Steering Committee in managing Pairc Ui Chaoimh?

- Will all income and expenditure of Pairc Ui Chaoimh be accounted for through the accounts of County Board or is it going to be through a separate entity ?

- Can the Executive confirm that those responsible for running Pairc Ui Chaoimh in the future report to the County Executive ?

- We would appreciate your confirmation that proposals in relation to the management of Pairc Ui Chaoimh will be ratified by the County Committee before they can proceed.

On a separate note, we brought forward a motion to the last annual Convention seeking that the appointment of the next county secretary should be managed by Croke Park so that an annual contribution of €30000 could be received from Croke Park towards the cost of the secretary. It was ruled out of order on the basis that this was a decision for the Management Committee and the County Committee.

Croke Park have indicated that they will need to start the process of appointing the County Secretary by the first week in September if they are requested to do so. Consequently, we consider that the process for appointing the next county secretary will now need to be ratified by the August County Board meeting at the latest.

We would therefore suggest that the proposed process for appointing the next county secretary is circulated in advance of the July or August County Board meetings to give clubs an opportunity to consider it in advance of the meeting and then agree on the process at the County Board meeting.

Mise le Meas,

Liam Ó Múrchú

Cnoc an Teampaill

[Hardy]

Cue animated gif of lad eating popcorn.

[Dougal Maguire]

looks fantastic , Pity they didnt do a mayo V cork , donegal V galway double header there next saturday .
Feck the begrudgers.

failing that why is donegal V Galway not in Castlebar?

Looks fantastic? Really?
It's a modern built stadium that has a design about 70 years out of date.
The architect  on this project must spend most of his time designing 4 bedroom bungalows or something because there is absolutely  no imagination  gone into the design of this .
It's a pity as there are so many small stadiums around the world that are beautifully designed. This is just the same as what was there but with new seats and concrete.

Agree with you on that one. A design along the lines of the proposed Casement Park would have been much better creating a more enclosed atmospheric venue

[thefont]

Personally I would have serious health and safety concerns about the new development.

We don't need "architects" in Mayo to know that you need good sturdy posts to hold up the roof on the stand.



We could have saved ye a good few quid too, our mighty new stand only cost 15million euro!

Usual disgraceful discrimination against the West by the Dublin media and the Sunday game.

I will be writing to the county board to implore them not to allow any Mayo team to play there until safety posts have been installed to protect our fans from injury.

[armaghniac]

looks fantastic , Pity they didnt do a mayo V cork , donegal V galway double header there next saturday .
Feck the begrudgers.

failing that why is donegal V Galway not in Castlebar?

Looks fantastic? Really?
It's a modern built stadium that has a design about 70 years out of date.
The architect  on this project must spend most of his time designing 4 bedroom bungalows or something because there is absolutely  no imagination  gone into the design of this .
It's a pity as there are so many small stadiums around the world that are beautifully designed. This is just the same as what was there but with new seats and concrete.

Agree with you on that one. A design along the lines of the proposed Casement Park would have Bron much better creating o more enclosed atmospheric venue

There is criticism because of the cost and also because of the similarity to the previous design, but the terracing at the end is built on the original foundations which presumably saved money.

Casement park is now better, but it took a while to get that design.

[Rossfan]

They've been granted a bar licence in the Pàirc so let the €s start flowing.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Pairc Ui chaoimh should be winning awards for its cutting edge design I mean look how things have evolved since the eighties



Or look at this garbage built in the thirties so glad times have changed



The GAA have good form for this sh1te.

The new Caterpillar stand at Leicester Tigers  was built at the same time with same capacity for the same money as that monstrosity at Castlebar - literally where did all the money go?

[thefont]

The new Caterpillar stand at Leicester Tigers  was built at the same time with same capacity for the same money as that monstrosity at Castlebar - literally where did all the money go?

This has been covered many times before I'm not sure why it keeps coming up but I suppose it bears repeating.

An unpublished independent internal enquiry by the Country board found that the Mayo senior hurling team was spending too much on new sliothars and James Horan was 'always looking for something'.

Case closed, nothing to see here.

[manfromdelmonte]

The new Caterpillar stand at Leicester Tigers  was built at the same time with same capacity for the same money as that monstrosity at Castlebar - literally where did all the money go?

This has been covered many times before I'm not sure why it keeps coming up but I suppose it bears repeating.

An unpublished independent internal enquiry by the Country board found that the Mayo senior hurling team was spending too much on new sliothars and James Horan was 'always looking for something'.

Case closed, nothing to see here.

same thing happened with Salthill

few local lads made a nice bit from building that