Hill 16 may provide the answer for hosting soccer at Croker

THE cost of converting Croke Park to facilitate soccer or rugby internationals “is impossible to calculate”, according to Stadium Director Peter McKenna.

He said yesterday that the floodlighting would be a more complex and time consuming process than the issue of stadium segregation for international soccer fixtures.

"There would be lots of issues to be considered," Mr McKenna admitted yesterday. "The two codes have very different requirements whether it be floodlighting or segregation. Each governing body would then have specific requirements which would have to be considered before hosting any event."