All-Ireland football final capacity to remain at 40,000 despite two-week delay

The restricted capacity for the game between Mayo and Kerry or Tyrone on September 11 won’t be eased

Supporters in the Hogan Stand during last week's All-Ireland SFC semi-final between Dublin and Mayo. Picture: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

The capacity for the All-Ireland senior football final will remain at 40,000 despite being pushed back by two weeks.

As GAA stadium and commercial director Peter McKenna revealed in today’s Irish Examiner, “there has not been a single case of a transmission” from the 160,000 supporters who have attended games in Croke Park so far this summer.