Paul Rouse: Wisdom and leadership needed on tough Casement Park call

That spending so much money on the project is still being seriously considered is rooted in the legacy of conflict.

A general view of the derelict grounds of the Casement Park stadium. File picture

There is a painful decision to be made on the future of Casement Park.

The vision of building a 34,500 capacity stadium in West Belfast is no longer a sustainable one. The extraordinary cost of the planned development — basically more than £250m (€293m) and possibly more than £300m — is entirely unrealistic.