FAI/IRFU stadium will need state aid

PLANS by the FAI and IRFU to build a 60,000-seat sports stadium will not go ahead without State funding, sources for the sporting organisations have conceded.

The two bodies are due to meet next month to draw up proposals for the construction of a major new sports facility to act as the main base for the national soccer and rugby teams.

A FAI source said last night that such a much-needed development was “extremely unlikely,” if the Government did not help with funding the cost of the stadium.