GAA gets a chunk of the Big Apple

THE New York GAA has formally launched its project to build a state of the art stadium on 25 acres of prime Manhattan real estate.

The city of New York confirmed in October that it would hand over the land for no cost on the 480-acre Randall's Island site, close to the Tri Borough Bridge in Upper Manhattan.

That means the New York GAA has the green light for plans to build a sports complex that will be known as Randall's Island Gaelic Stadium when it opens by the end of 2005.