Liam Miller decision brings GAA’s PR nightmare to an end
Association came under ‘savage pressure’ to allow benefit match take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh
The benefit match for former Ireland soccer international LIam Miller will now take place at the 45,000-capacity Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
The GAA’s decision to allow the Liam Miller benefit match to take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh brings a brief but high-profile public relations nightmare for the sports organisation to an end.
The move opens the door to a historic occasion which will see the likes of Ryan Giggs, Rio Ferdinand and Jaap Stam line out with locals Roy Keane and Denis Irwin in a soccer match at the newly renovated home of Cork Gaelic games.