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Casement: residents using ‘flawed’ argument

The judicial review of the Department of the Environ-ment’s decision to grant planning permission for the new Casement Park will enter its tenth and most likely final day of hearings on Thursday morning. The case has been brought by residents’ group MORA who are seeking to overturn the planning decision, arguing that a 38,000-seater venue […]

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Casement challenge gets going

A CHALLENGE to the decision by the Department of the Environment to grant planning for permission for the new Casement Park got under way yesterday morning at the High Court. A large number of residents from Mooreland Park and Owenvarragh Avenue joined representatives of Ulster and Antrim GAA on the public benches as the case […]

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Showdown looms as Casement case starts

DECISION day is close in the Casement Park saga as both sides go to court next week for a judicial review of the decision to grant planning permission for redevelop-ment of the stadium. The Mooreland and Owenvarragh Residents’ Association (MORA) applied for the High Court review in the hope of getting planning approval for a […]

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MORA claims victory in Casement vote

The Mooreland and Owenvarragh Residents’ Association (MORA) has claimed “a moral victory” after a majority of residents voted in favour of the plan to seek a judicial review of plans to redevelop Casement Park – and to reject financial offers from the contractor. As we reported last week, residents’ votes on two options were to […]

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Cash or court? Casement residents split

The Andersonstown News has learned that after two meetings held in the course of the past week residents living near Casement Park are divided between pressing ahead with an intended judicial review to block work on the new Casement or accepting a “significant sum” from the developers to let work begin on the new £78 […]

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Casement Park: campaigners go down legal route

A residents’ group opposed to the granting of planning permission for the redevelopment of Casement Park to the current dimensions has applied for a judicial review of the decision. The Mooreland and Owenvarragh Residents’ Association (MORA) say they’ve applied for the High Court review in the hope of getting the green light overturned. The group […]

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