State look to IRFU and FAI to come up with plan to fill in for Bertie Bowl

THE Bertie Bowl appears to be completely scrapped as the Government has ruled out private sector involvement in the National Stadium project.

Abbotstown is now unlikely to house a stadium as the Government looks to the IRFU and FAI to come up with a plan to build a 65,000 seat facility more likely to be located at a redeveloped Lansdowne Road, the Irish Glass and Bottle Plant in Ringsend or IRFU lands at Newlands Cross.

The Government would then provide public funding to a joint IRFU-FAI stadium proposal.