Legal challenge against Casement Park redevelopment dismissed

Casement Park in Belfast, where safety experts have endorsed steps taken by the GAA to ensure spectator safety procedures in the redevelopment plan (Liam McBurney/PA)

A legal challenge by a residents’ group against a decision to grant planning approval for the redevelopment of the GAA’s Casement Park in Belfast has been dismissed.

The Mooreland and Owenvarragh Residents Association (Mora) had taken a judicial review over the decision by former Infrastructure minister Nichola Mallon to grant approval for the 34,000-plus capacity stadium in the west of the city.