GAA defiant over grant

THE GAA insisted last night the Government’s multi-million euro grant package towards the redevelopment of Croke Park came with no strings attached.

Croke Park spokesman Danny Lynch pointed out that association chiefs had heard nothing to the contrary through official sources.

“We got a formal commitment to funding from the Government which was totally unrelated to the National Stadium development. The only commitment we were asked to give to the project was that we would put 200,000 people into it,’’ said Lynch.