There will be no shrine to terrorism beside a £55m (€82m) multi-sports stadium proposed for the site of the former Maze Prison, Shaun Woodward insisted today.

The notorious Maze jail site has been identified as the only suitable location for Northern Ireland’s new national sports stadium, the British government said tonight.

A major public consultation exercise to decide what to do with the site of the former top security Maze Prison in Northern Ireland got under way today.

The site of the old Maze Prison could be turned into a wind farm big enough to power nearby Lisburn in Co Antrim, it was claimed tonight.