Kieran Donaghy has called on the GAA to lower their ticket prices in a bid to boost flagging attendances.

Just over 36,000 spectators passed through the Croke Park turnstiles for last Sunday's Leinster SFC double-header, and Donaghy believes the  €35 admission charge was a factor behind the low turnout.

"Talk to GAA people on the ground and it (ticket prices) is something that really annoys them," the former Kerry full forward wrote in the Irish Daily Star.

"The cost of, say, taking your partner and a kid or two to games has become very expensive - especially when you factor in meals and petrol or diesel. Any business that's out and is struggling looks at lowering prices. 

"Instead, the GAA raised prices this year. It made no sense. Cut ticket prices and get the turnstiles clicking again."

He continued: "Last Sunday, the upper tiers weren't opened and there were lots of empty seats in the lower tiers too. That is the case in Croke Park most of the summer now.

"I've played in Croker on many occasions when it isn't even half-full and it's a really deflating and dispiriting experience. We always hated playing there when it was like that - there's just zero atmosphere."

Make sure to visit the hoganstand.com match tracker this weekend for live coverage from Leinster and Munster SHC round 5 and the Connacht SFC final between Galway and Roscommon.

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