FAI press for speedy stadium decision

FAI officers will urge the Minister for Sport and Leisure John O’Donoghue, to push for an early decision from Government on the latest proposal for the re-development of Lansdowne Road at next week’s meeting.

Officers from the IRFU and the FAI will meet with the Minister and his staff to discuss the detail of the IRFU’s proposal to develop a 50,000-seat stadium on the existing stadium site at Lansdowne Road at a cost of €250m.

The FAI chief executive Fran Rooney had several meetings with the IRFU officers, including chief executive Philip Browne, in recent weeks while the new proposals were being finalised.