State of Cork football: report says five-year plan failed to meet key objectives

Starkly, the published report also says there are not enough grass pitches available to inter-county teams in Cork to properly prepare, and there is a “worrying” downward trend in results at under age across Munster and beyond.

Mon, 21 Jul, 2025 - 12:29

Tony Leen

CORK GAA chiefs have admitted failure in two of the primary objective of the five-year plan for Gaelic football development in the county – inter-county success and winning back public support for football teams.

Am executive report in the wake of a three-hour debate at County Board level on the state of football in Cork states that while most of the actions in the plan were completed, the over-arching objectives of success at inter-county level and greater engagement by the public in support of teams were not achieved.

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