Casement Park stadium will host no more than three concerts a year should planning permission be granted to the ambitious project. Speaking to the Andersonstown News at a consultation update in Conway Mill, Stephen McGeehan, Project Sponsor Ulster GAA, said: “In April when the GAA set out its description of what it proposed to consult […]
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GAA unveil new Casement Park plans
Ulster GAA have unveiled its proposed designs for a new provincial stadium in West Belfast. The new Casement Park has been mired in controversial since being first mooted. In December 2014 a High Court judge quashed a ministerial decision to grant planning approval for the redevelopment of the stadium on the Andersonstown Road with a […]
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Churchill death the spark for Casement reinterment
Operation Hopenot was many years in the planning. This was the name given to the planned state funeral of Winston Churchill. When the 90-year-old former leader died on January 24, 1965 Operation Hopenot swung into operation. Six days later after a three-day lying-in-state in the Palace of Westminster, the funeral took place in St […]
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1916 mural unveiled on Casement anniversary
A NEW Easter 1916 mural on the International Wall on the Falls Road was unveiled yesterday (Wednesday). The mural, which was painted by well known artist Danny Devenny and a team of international muralists, depicts a Belfast narrative of the Rising. Tom Hartley, Chair of the 2016 Committee, said: “When we started to organise events […]
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CASEMENT PARK FEARS AFTER DUP TAKE OVER NEW STORMONT DEPT
THERE’S growing concern about the future of Casement Park after the DUP yesterday took over the Stormont Department which is tasked with seeing the £77 million all-seater stadium built. The DUP’s Paul Givan was named as Minister for Communities, a new Stormont department which has taken over from the old Department of Culture, Arts & […]
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GAA revamps its Casement team as Kingspan kingpin takes over as head of project
The GAA has revamped its Casement project team as plans for the new stadium go full steam ahead. In a joint statement released last night, Ulster GAA, the Central Council of the GAA and Antrim GAA said the Project Board is continuing to work closely with the planning and delivery teams to prepare a revised scheme […]
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