Bertie Bowl back on track as investor joins the game

THE Taoiseach’s battered hopes for a National Stadium were boosted last night when one of the country’s leading property investors expressed interest in taking on the project.

The boost came as inspectors from European football’s governing body assessed Ireland’s bid to co-host Euro 2008 with Scotland.

Answering Bertie Ahern’s call for private investors to come forward, Dunloe Ewart plc chairman Noel Smyth said he believes a stadium would be viable on certain conditions. But Mr Smyth says any proposal would require tax incentives from the Government.