Cork needed fresh voices at the heart of the GAA and Kevin O'Donovan offers exactly that

The directors painted a picture of media agendas and described the club as overachieving; the fans protested the sense of staleness and lack of any appetite for change and the overwhelming feel of a club without a real direction.

There was something that rang a similar bell last week when Cork GAA made some figures public on the Páirc Uí Chaoimh revamp that led to some very different takes. The county board referenced a fairly hefty shortfall in funds, immediately offered potential ways of maybe making up the difference and declared the whole thing nothing to be making a fuss over.

O’Donovan has implemented some serious ideas from U14 to U17 and it’s hard to talk to anybody who’s gotten involved with teams or committees, from Noel Furlong to Wesley O’Brien to John Allen, who won’t mention him as one of the most impressive and progressive characters on Leeside.
