Article: HQ relies on magic paint to bank [euro]3m in a weekend.(Sport)

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Daily Mail (London)
Article date:
November 3, 2009
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Byline: MICHEAL CLIFFORD

SPECIAL washable markings are being introduced at Croke Park to help the GAA cash in on this month's double-header bonanza.

Croke Park's bumper weekend will rake in [euro]3million as the Irish soccer team take on France in a World Cup play-off on Saturday week, less than 24 hours before the rugby team take on Australia.

But it will provide stadium staff with another pressing deadline, as they will not be able to begin the clean-up after the soccer match until midnight on November 14, giving them just 12 and a half hours before the turnstiles open for business on Sunday. This is the second time this year that stadium ...

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