The GAA plans to stage concerts at Croke Park from 2005

Roscommon officials had been examining the possibility of resurrecting their motion which last year was referred by Congress to the GAA's Central Council.

However, GAA president Sean Kelly has said that this will not happen.

"The motion would have to be formally re-submitted and this has not happened," said the GAA president.

After being handed the hot potato by Congress, the Central Council decided that it didn't have the authority to decide on the issue.

Eight counties submitted motions on opening Croke Park to this year's congress but all were ruled out of order of technical grounds, much to the dismay of many in the GAA.

The Croke Park issue will come up when GAA director general Liam Mulvihill's report is discussed at Congress but no vote will be taken.

In his annual submission, Mulvihill warns that opening up Croke Park would eliminate one of the few competitive advantages the GAA has over rival sports.

"As competitiors, rugby and soccer have all the advantages of the international dimension, including unlimited indirect promotion at no cost to the domestic organisation," he says.

"This applies to soccer in particular, which is promoted on a multiplicity of television channels on a daily basis and which has access to revenue that international television and competition can accrue."

Meanwhile, the GAA is expected to return to staging concerts at Croke Park next year in an attempt to clear debts of almost 100m Euro on the stadium.

Stadium Manager Peter McKenna said that the association intended to hold three non-sporting events at the north Dublin venue, starting again in 2005.