New ball game for Lansdowne design team

THE designers involved in creating the masterplan for the redevelopment of Croke Park have now been charged with helping the FAI and IRFU realise the dream of a new Lansdowne Road.

Sports Minister John O'Donoghue yesterday hailed as "an important milestone" the appointment of the design and project management teams for the Lansdowne project. The announcement also confirmed that a planning application is on course for December.

The design contract has been awarded to a consortium led by HOK Sports and which also includes Irish architects Scott Tallon Walker, Buro Happold and M-E Engineers.