GAA commercial director Peter McKenna says a behind closed doors championship later this year can happen if needed.

Provincial championships are currently scheduled to get underway at the end of October and finish within the calendar year, but there is no certainty as of yet as to the number of supporters which can attend games.

Speaking on the Today programme on RTÉ Radio 1 with Sarah McInerney, Mr McKenna said that there is a number of different options with regards to spectator numbers at Croke Park “once you start to unravel the restrictions”.

"Everyone is hopeful for games to start again in October. We are prepared for them to start again,” he stated.

“Obviously the 200 limit is still continuing and that would make a huge challenge but I’d be hopeful that we are responding very well as a nation to what NPHET are putting down.

"I think once you start to unravel the restrictions you will see slightly bigger crowds within the stadium. At two metres distancing we are probably at around 7,000 capacity within the stadium. That is very, very small really.

"At one metre we are probably at around 22,000 and if we are allowed a degree of brush off – by which I mean people walking by each other in the same row – we could probably get up to 28,000.

"You’d be hopeful that come October we might be allowed 30% or 40% capacity in the stadium. But it is very much dependent on where’re NPHET see our progress as a nation."

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