Croke Park's 82,300 capacity will be tested for the first time this year when Dublin face Cork in the first of the All-Ireland football semi-finals.

Attendances for the big championship matches at Croker this summer have been down on previous years, but the 'full house' signs are expected to go up on Sunday.

"It's going to be a full house or very, very close to it," Croke Park stadium director Peter McKenna said.

"We are certainly looking at 70,000-plus. Once we get over 65,000, we are on our full house set-up anyway."

McKenna also revealed that insurance payouts by Croke Park have averaged EUR100,000 a year due to claims from people injured having invaded the pitch after games. Although down EUR200,000 on previous years, the GAA has still decided to proceed with plans to fence off Hill 16 ahead of next month's All-Ireland finals.

"We've had numerous claims that run into multiples of five figures. We were averaging a couple of years ago EUR300,000, and now it is down to about EUR100,000," he added. Tweet

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