Croke Park to see less championship activity

More All-Ireland championship games are to be played away from Croke Park next season due to a poor financial return from the 2005 qualifiers.

The latest meeting of the GAA's Central Council revealed some stark figures for the Association to mull over with the hurling qualifiers operating at a loss this year. It would have been a similar scenario for the football championship but for the bounty of Dublin and Tyrone's two 80,000-plus quarter-final ties.