Council approves €365m stadium project

LOCAL residents are to fight against the proposed transformation of Lansdowne Road into a 50,000 all-seater stadium granted planning permission by Dublin City Council yesterday.

The 28 conditions imposed in the planning permission did not go far enough to address the concerns of the local residents, a local councillor said.

The Lansdowne Road Boundary Group was angry and dismayed at yesterday’s decision. Pauline Pomeroy, spokesperson for the group said: “We have always felt that Lansdowne Road stadium would better suit a green field site. We believe that Dublin City Council did not take into account our extensive submission to them in relation to a number of very serious issues.”