Kelly defends abandonment of New York stadium project

THE New York Board of the GAA agreed with the decision to abandon to proposal to develop a stadium on a site in Randalls Island, association President Sean Kelly insisted yesterday.

He was responding to comments from former Board President Monty Moloney who branded the GAA "stupid" and "greedy".

However, Mr Kelly said the board had been "party to the decision", which the Management Committee had taken on several grounds. The most serious of these had been prohibitive costs, estimated at a minimum $35m (€29.3m), and dissatisfaction with the proposed leasing arrangement.