Ireland manager Martin O’Neill has revealed that two seats from the original Nally Stand in Croke Park have pride of place in his back garden.

The GAA admit there is a possibility umpires officiating at Croke Park may rely too much on Hawk-Eye points detection technology.

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Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh spent 62 years as the voice of GAA but Newstalk’s Dave McIntyre and Ger Gilroy plan to take their Gaelic games coverage in a totally new direction.

NOEL Connors can go back. Maybe not way back, but far enough. He can recall watching the Waterford hurlers in 1998, though that’s a pretty prosaic description to use. Idols would be closer.

Nearly a decade ago, before controversies and strikes blighted the hurling landscape in Cork, the bond between the county’s hurlers and their loyal fans was forged by the emotional All-Ireland success of 1999 — with the legendary Jimmy Barry-Murphy at the helm. In a new book, the Irish Examiner’s Michael Moynihan reflects on an emotional journey.

A number of sections of the Croke Park stadium were re-named today at a special ceremony, presided over by out-going GAA President Sean Kelly, the President elect Nickey Brennan and the Association's Director General Liam Mulvihill.

THE successful funding of the projected 98m debt on Croke Park by the GAA over the next decade will depend on major championship games continuing to attract big attendances, GAA chief Liam Mulvihill admitted yesterday.

COMPETING counties in this year’s All-Ireland senior finals can look forward to receiving an extra 1,500 tickets each, but the general allocation to counties will be reduced by approximately 5%, the GAA’s Central Council has agreed.

THIS morning, as leading GAA officials gather in Croke Park for the official opening of the redeveloped Canal End and Hogan Stands, they won’t need reminding the financial outlook is not quite so rosy — with current borrowings in the order of €70 million and no indication when the last phase can be tackled or how it can be paid for.

An Bord Pleanala has paved the way for the final phase of redevelopment at Croke Park, the GAA's flagship stadium in Dublin.

THE Government’s decision to renege on it’s pledge of funding for Croke Park will have catastrophic consequences for the GAA at grassroots level, according to Fine Gael spokesperson on sport, Jimmy Deenihan.

Croke Park's Nally Stand has been dismantled and will be transported north to the Naomh Colmcille's club in Carrickmore.

GAA chiefs have revealed they'll consider the financial future of Croke Park and its viability over the coming weeks in an effort to maximise its income.