Government mulls funding new stadium at Lansdowne

THE GOVERNMENT is considering funding a new national stadium at Lansdowne Road which would cost taxpayers millions of euro.

The Irish Rugby Football Union and the Football Association of Ireland want the ageing stadium to be re-developed as a 65,000-seater stadium at a cost of around €350m.

In a significant move yesterday, Tánaiste Mary Harney said she did not support a new stadium in Abbotstown and said the Lansdowne Road option could be prove to be much cheaper.