TI's chairmanship last September, Marco Tronchetti Provera, Pirelli's chairman, must be hoping that this will bring down the finalcurtain on an adventure that has proved hugely expensive for Pirelli's shareholders, of which he is the largest.
The GAA intends to play the Tommy Murphy Cup Final at Croke Park on 27 August as the curtain raiser to the second Bank of Ireland All Ireland football championship semi-final.