D-day for rugby and soccer meeting
January 13, 2006
Preliminary discussions over the last few weeks between the GAA, the IRFU and the FAI will come to a head this morning (Friday) when both parties sit down for vital talks.
The soccer and rugby organisations are keen to conclude an agreement for the lease of Croke Park for the duration of the 28 months that Landsdowne Road will be closed for rebuilding work.
Issues such as the value of the rent to be charged by the GAA, the right of both bodies to use the GAA's corporate boxes as they wish and the free access to some matches of schoolkids are among the key aspects of the agreement to thrashed out.
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