7,500 to miss game over Lansdowne fire

AT least 7,500 ticket holders will be turned away from today’s rugby international at Lansdowne Road after a fire broke out at the stadium last night.

The whole of the North Terrace was cordoned off by IRFU officials after fumes were detected coming from smouldering combustible material directly beneath the terrace.

“It is possible that everything will turn out to be fine, but we cannot take even the slightest risk with our patrons’ safety,” a spokesman for the IRFU said last night.