Local residents will object to the installation of floodlights at Croke Park. The GAA are in the process of seeking to install lights in the stadium following its decision to temporally house soccer and rugby internationals next year.
But the Croke Park Area Residents Alliance (CPARA) is angered by what it sees as the disrespectful attitude of the GAA towards the thousands of people living in the area.
"They've promised they'll address our issues and then they don't honour them," CPARA chairman Pat Gates said.
"They don't consult us in terms of issues that are coming up, like the whole floodlight issue which we will oppose and object to. It will lead to a further erosion of the quality of life for local people," he said.
Residents have complained of being trapped in their homes when 80,000-strong crowds arrive on big match days, of parking and litter problems and of people damaging and urinating in their front gardens.
"We are asked to grin and bear the disruption in the name of the public interest. So we have to forgo our rights and that's not fair in a democratic society," Mr Gates added.
CPARA, which is umbrella group for 10 residents' associations in the area, says its gripe is not with what sports are played at Croke Park, but the impact it will have on the community.
Two rugby and three soccer internationals are scheduled for Croke Park in 2007.
But residents fear that the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road, scheduled for completion in 2009, will take far longer and lead to more soccer and rugby matches at the stadium.
It is understood the GAA has given the FAI an undertaking that even if permanent lights are not in place it will be in a position to provide temporary lights as required.
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