Ahern rules out revised national stadium plans

Ireland will not build a third national stadium alongside Croke Park and the redeveloped Lansdowne Road, Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said today.

The construction of the facility in Abbotstown North Dublin, known as the ‘Bertie Bowl’ was a pet project of the Taoiseach during the late 1990s, but it was abandoned due to the potential cost.