GAA accused of turning Croker into ‘adventure sports park’

THE GAA has been accused of trying to turn Croke Park into “an adventure sports park” after the sports organisation submitted plans which would allow visitors to engage in abseiling and ziplining off the roof of the stadium.

Visitors on the new rooftop tour of Croke Park would get the chance to abseil or zipline (which involves the use of an aerial ropeslide) down from the top of the Cusack Stand to the pitch.

However, plans for the Croke Park Rooftop Tour, which were first announced last year, have been put on hold as planning permission for the project, granted by Dublin City Council last April, has been appealed by local residents to Bord Pleanála.