GAA Infastructure

It would be very stupid of PuC to downgrade to all seater unless these games were confirmed which they wont be no matter what the Cork County board say.

I read in the Irish News last week one of the storment ministers will meet the gaa over casement park saying that 70 million euro is still on the table.

That would between the 3 funding bodys give a total of 136 million. So you could get a PUC level stadium with that or would Ulster gaa be better of using the 50 million from the irish state to build a Tullamore style stadium for Antrim and invest the rest of the 86 million in clubs and countys around ulster?

The funding is for Casement not Antrim or Ulster GAA. You do not get to divert the funds elsewhere.

Is the Irish government money still on the table? The Euros were one thing, but it might be hard sell giving so much to Antrim when Kildare, Louth, Meath etc are not getting as much. One basis would be as an Ulster stadium, and the Irish government could give half of the Stormont amount as they have 3 counties.

I can't say whether the Irish government money is still there or not. I only said that it's unlikely it would be there if the GAA wanted to transfer a large portion of it to clubs instead. But if the government is willing to help fund a road through Tyrone it's not hard to imagine they would support a stadium for the Irish national games as well.

With the election so close there won't be much clarity on anything. It will be for the new Irish government to re-affirm funding commitments. The UK government not supporting it until costs are known would make sense. But they have committed to funding it just as rugby and soccer infrastructure were funded so that will have to happen.

I would think Burns will push for the stadium to go ahead as a 30k stadium but obviously scaled back from UEFA specs. A modern provincial stadium in Belfast would raise the profile of the game there and have more potential to raise revenue near a centre of population than in a small provincial town.

Monaghan haven't presented any costings for Clones to date so that project is very much up in the air at present.

The NI Executive only debate projects and where money goes but getting the money will be down to the UK government and Treasury. How would that be the opposite of what I said?

Hilary Benn has been the one setting out what will and won't be funded so far. He ruled out the Casement Euros bid due to time constraints.

Ah sure with planning delays, inflation, scaling back, broke executive and every other moan we could think of it's probably best not to build anything in future. Maybe we all should just stay in bed every day.

'Things for which there is a genuine need, with a solid business case and will provide long term benefits which outweigh the costs can and should be built. Casement doesn't meet that criteria.'

Oh sorry I didn't realise you had carried out the CBA already and that it's been proven unviable. Please share it.

Reference case isn't a CBA. You stated that it doesn't meet the criteria for a solid business case. There's no evidence of that.

I never claimed to have a CBA ruling it in or out. All I said that having it near Belfast would have more potential to raise revenue near a centre of population than in a small provincial town. That just plain logic, no CBA needed.

Still no CBA then.

€19m for Cavan Regional Sports hub.

https://www.anglocelt.ie/2024/11/04/major-boost-for-regional-sports-hub-with-e19m-funding-announced/

Not just Cavan.

Dublin (€7 million), Roscommon (€5.5 million), Wexford (€3.5 million) and Clare (€3.2 million)