North Terrace closure to cost IRFU €500,000

THE IRFU are to lose up to €500,000 in revenue due to the closure of Lansdowne Road’s North Terrace for the games against Australia and Romania.

The Union’s consulting engineers yesterday advised rugby chiefs to declare the section “out of use for safety reasons,” following a fire which occurred on Friday evening.

Tickets for the New Zealand game, linked with the third international against Romania, were priced at €35 for the two games. At a loss of over 7,500 people, that alone cost €260,000.