The GAA is hoping to reach an agreement with Dublin City Council to purchase a flat complex that would allow for the development of a "processional entrance" to Croke Park.

If the sale of Croke Villas - which comprises 79 flats, most of which are in a dilapidated state and are no longer lived in - goes through, the GAA plan to demolish the complex to allow for the development of a new grand entrance to the stadium as well as a new handball centre, shops, restaurants and office facilities.

"Croke Villas was, is and continues to remain in an appalling condition, so we decided to see could we conceivably do something to help change that," Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna said in the Irish Times.

The GAA needs the support of Dublin City Council for the project to go ahead. Tweet

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