Leinster Council pressing ahead with M50 stadium plan

Leinster GAA chief John Horan has given the strongest indication yet that a new stadium will be built close to Dublin’s M50 motorway, suggesting ground could be broken on the project within five years.

The provincial chief claimed a 40,000 capacity stadium could be a “calf of Croke Park” and has identified a potential site between junction seven and nine on Dublin’s M50 ring road.

The area is specifically located between the toll bridge and the Red Cow junction and, according to Horan, would be an ideal spot for the venue, which has been widely speculated on in the last decade but never pursued.