Scottish Football Association chief executive David Taylor insists there is no need to panic after the Government refused to commit public money for a new stadium as part of the joint Euro 2008 bid.

THE GAA could agree to open up Croke Park on a once-off basis to host the 2008 European Soccer championships, but only if it managed to negotiate a financial package with the Government that would be too good to turn down.

A new committee to examine the best location and size for the Bertie Bowl has been set up by the cabinet.

TECHNICAL inspection of the Scotland/Ireland bid for Euro 2008 begins in Dublin this September, with the organisers believing they are well on track for a successful bid.

DELEGATES to the AGM of the FAI in Dublin today will be told that the aborted attempt to build eircom park cost the association €7.2 million.

THE main sports organisations in Ireland are convinced the Government will have to pay compensation in line with the market value of their games if they are to succeed in securing live coverage for terrestrial TV channels.

The board of Campus and Stadium Ireland has announced Paddy Teahon's successors as chairman and chief executive of CSID.

The head of Executive Services of the Stadium Ireland project, Laura Magahy, is to be invited to appear before the powerful Dail Public Accounts Committee next week.

The Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, has vowed to do all he can to ensure that the aquatic centre under construction in west Dublin is not delayed by the controversy surrounding the project.

The controversy surrounding the aquatic centre currently under construction in west Dublin looks set to continue this week, with the Attorney General’s report into the matter due to be published soon.

Paddy Teahon, the chairman and chief executive of Stadium Ireland, has confirmed that he has delivered a response to the Attorney General’s report into the aquatic centre fiasco.

The Attorney General’s report into the aquatic centre fiasco is unlikely to be published today after Paddy Teahon, the chairman and chief executive of Stadium Ireland, failed to respond to the report by today’s noon deadline.

The Labour Party has slammed the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern, for not sacking Paddy Teahon over the controversy surrounding the aquatic centre under construction in west Dublin.

Moves have been made to wind up the company at the centre of the National Aquatic Centre controversy, according to reports this morning.

The board of directors overseeing the Stadium Ireland project is due to hold a meeting tonight following the revelation that one of the firms involved in the project is a ‘shelf company’ with assets of just stg£4.

Stadium Ireland has been given the green light by the government.

Sports and recreational projects are to receive a IR£40m lottery windfall in what the Government is billing as the biggest injection of cash in the history of the state.

Five international consortia remain in the running to build Stadium Ireland after one contractor from France pulled out.

The Taoiseach is rejecting claims that Stadium Ireland will cost £100m more than originally estimated.

The Taoiseach has denied that Stadium Ireland will end up costing the taxpayer £1bn.