All eyes will be on Croke Park

Setanta Sports will have live coverage of the first floodlit game at Croke Park when Dublin host Tyrone in the National Football…

Setanta Sports will have live coverage of the first floodlit game at Croke Park when Dublin host Tyrone in the National Football League encounter on February 3rd.

GAA President Nickey Brennan has said he'll be disappointed if the tie doesn't attract at least 60,000 spectators to headquarters.

"We want to make this a gala occasion. We are working on having a major musical act on beforehand," Brennan said. "It's a long time since someone paid €15 to come into an event in Croke Park."

Tickets for the game are currently on sale through the GAA and Ticketmaster - ranging from €15 for adults and €5 for juveniles. Hill 16 tickets cost €13 and €3.

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Groups can purchase tickets at €3 per juvenile with one adult free with every 10 juveniles directly from the GAA Ticket Office (01-8658657).

Meanwhile, the Ashbourne and Purcell Cup draws took place in Croke Park yesterday. Last year's third-level camogie champions, University of Limerick, will take on the Garda College in the first round. University College Dublin - beaten finalists in 2003, 2004 and 2005 - will meet Waterford IT.

Ashbourne Cup Draw -UL v Garda; UCC v NUIG; UUJ v CIT; WIT v UCD.

Purcell Cup Draw -1 St Patrick's; 2 GMIT v LIT/Carlow IT; 3 DCU v Tipp IT; 4 Sligo IT v Trinity; 5 Queen's v Cavan IT; 6 St Mary's/Tralee IT v DIT/NUI Maynooth; 7 Athlone IT; 8 Mary I.

Quarter-finals:Winners 1 v Winners 2; 3 v 4; 5 v 6; 7 v 8.