Plans for sports stadium on Maze site dropped

Plans for a sports stadium on the site of the former Maze prison have been scrapped, the North’s culture minister officially confirmed today.

Plans for sports stadium on Maze site dropped
Mon, 16 Feb, 2009 - 19:57

Plans for a sports stadium on the site of the former Maze prison have been scrapped, the North’s culture minister officially confirmed today.

Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) minister Gregory Campbell told the Assembly he had recommended the Executive dropped the plan and said the millions earmarked might now be spent on other sports projects.

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