The GAA forked out a tidy six-figure sum to have Hawk-Eye technology installed at Croke Park.

The new technology will be in place at HQ from June 1st and stadium director Peter McKenna is confident that the expenditure will be justified in the log run:

"It's a serious six figure sum," he admits in The Irish Independent. "There's a lot of investment in getting the system right. There's almost a nine-month testing phase with the system.

"It should add to the experience. For a starter, there is going to be a lot of theatre associated with it.

"But I think anything that improves score detection, that is really what we are about - a disputed point no longer becomes disputed, it is very clear what it is.

"In windy conditions, when a ball is hit high, particularly a sliothar, which is small, to know exactly if that was a point or not I think is a fantastic result to have here at Croke Park.

"The posts are 13 metres high. The detection system will take in another 13 metres above that. So you have a 26-metre catch area. You are capturing the ball in three dimensions and tracking its exact position relative to the post." Tweet

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