From Scunthorpe to Croke Park

THE country’s elite GAA players wouldn’t be running out onto the green, green grass of home at Croke Park when the stadium’s new pitch is in place next month.

Grass from Scunthorpe in England will be shipped over the Irish Sea to replace the old surface at GAA headquarters which has been dug up in preparation for U2’s 360° Tour shows in the capital this weekend.

Stadium Director Peter McKenna last night confirmed: “The turf comes from a farm in Scunthorpe.