Category: Residents Update
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March 2025 Update: Rising costs; Toxic Waste; Health and Safety risks to residents?
MARCH 2025 UPDATE: Rising costs; Toxic Waste; Health and Safety risks to residents? Our last update was August 2024 however since then, in September, the news was announced that the plug had been pulled on Casement Park being developed for use in Euro 2028: https://www.irishecho.com/2024/9/reaction-british-government-pull-plug-on-casement-and-belfast-s-euro-dream We now are into early Spring 2025 with Casement Park…
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August Update – “Keir Starmer backing for Casement Park redevelopment – too much risk to the public purse”
In a report dated 30 July 2024, The Times newspaper reported that newly installed Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer has told UEFA officials that he backs a “£310 million bailout” for the currently derelict Casement Park GAA stadium in Andersonstown, to support the hosting of Euro 2028 matches in Northern Ireland. It is unclear from…
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July 2024 Update – “The Actual True Cost of Building Casement Park”
As far back as 2017 reports had set the cost of building the new Everton stadium at £300M:Construction News Article: Everton FC lines up deal for £300m new stadiumGuardian Article: Liverpool mayor defends city’s £280m loan to Everton for stadium scheme On 20th October 2021 the piling process had begun. However, by January 2023 it…
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Casement Park and the Euros 2028 – Updated Feb 2024
Key Points Summary Casement Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sports ground located in Andersonstown, West Belfast. The ground opened in June 1953 but has not been used for sporting purposes since June 2013. It presently lies derelict. The Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (UCGAA) is proposing the construction of a new…
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Casement Park and Euro 2028 – Updated Dec 2023
Key Points Summary Casement Park is a Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) sports ground located in Andersonstown, West Belfast. The ground opened in June 1953 but has not been used for sporting purposes since June 2013. It presently lies derelict. The Ulster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (UCGAA) is proposing the construction of a new…
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December 2021
Dear Resident This is an update on MORA’s application for judicial review to overturn the decision by the Minister for the Department for Infrastructure to grant planning permission for the redevelopment of Casement Park to a capacity of 34,500. We sought leave for judicial review on five grounds. Two of those grounds are constitutional, relating to the Minister’s…
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October 2021
Dear Resident This is an update on the GAA’s planning application for the re-development of Casement Park. In August 2020, the planning officials at the Department for Infrastructure made a report to the Minister (Nicola Mallon). The planners’ report concluded that the proposed re-development was not compliant with relevant planning policies, as it would have…
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