Now for the real Lansdowne roar

Home games against France next week and England next month should finally roar the wrapping off the new Aviva Stadium, says stadium manager Martin Murphy. He spoke to Michael Moynihan.

FOR a chat with Martin Murphy, the manager of the Aviva stadium, you don’t meet up on the premises.

It’s a significant point: when you sit down in Murphy’s office at the stadium management building – a stone’s throw away, but a separate building nonetheless — he explains casually that the designers felt management offices on the stadium site wasted space that could otherwise be used more fruitfully.