Last Sunday was one of those days when Croke Park began to look its age. The bucket seats on the Lower Cusack Stand sat a faded shade of bluey gray and the concrete holding up any sporting edifice takes on a gloomy hue when the sky spits and coats the walls with damp.

Simon Davis gets behind the wheel of not just one, but three different Nissan GT-Rs — including the iconic R34 Skyline GT-R — at Silverstone

Croke Park is to open its new Skyline this morning.