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Article: THE use of Croke Park for rugby and soccer following the re-opening of Lansdowne Road is back on the GAA agenda.
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- Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)
- Article date:
- January 7, 2009
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Walsh urges delegates to see 'logic' as Croke Park issue is firmly back on the agenda
THE use of Croke Park for rugby and soccer following the re-opening of Lansdowne Road is back on the GAA agenda.
A motion calling for Croke Park to remain available for major internationals will be proposed by Clare at the GAA's annual Congress in Cork on April 18.
"We'd be hoping that the logic of keeping our options open will be apparent to the majority of delegates," said Noel Walsh, whose club, Milltown St Joseph's, steered the motion through the Clare Convention with little opposition.
Walsh -- and Clare -- were major influences in the original ...