The Croke Park Residents' Association last night reiterated its demands that the GAA respond to their unhappiness over increased games in the stadium. Residents have expressed their dismay at the decision to house Saturday's All-Ireland football qualifiers in Croke Park, which are expected to attract around 50,000 fans.

"We have had to deal with constant disruptions and we are trying to negotiate with the GAA to try and engage and invest in something to try and address the issues. We have had to fight tooth and nail for the last three years to get the GAA to move one inch," argued the residents' association chairman Patrick Gates.

Speaking on Today FM's The Last Word, Gates stressed that the residents were not anti-sport but were unhappy with the prospect of ever more games under the GAA's new championship policy.

"We are not opposed to the games. What we want is that the GAA, who are responsible for bringing 80,000 people into our community the whole summer long, to develop a co-ordinated approach to address the issues such as cleansing, policing and traffic control."

Responding on the same programme, GAA PRO Danny Lynch said that any such system should "be re-evaluated continually" and he pointed out that Croke Park representatives met regularly with the residents delegates and Dublin Corporation members to try to improve the issues related to crowd traffic.

He also maintained that the relationship was two-way, pointing out that the GAA had invested £1 million on a local children's recreational area, a project that would be worked on as soon as planning permission was finalised.