Thousands march to derelict Casement Park to demand its redevelopment
Thousands of GAA players and supporters have marched to the derelict Casement Park stadium in Belfast to demand its redevelopment.
Following the noisy parade through west Belfast, a rally held adjacent to the crumbling ruins of the GAA ground heard calls for the Stormont Executive and UK government to end the lengthy delays in rebuilding the sporting venue.
The event was staged ahead of Saturday’s Ulster Championship quarter-final game between Antrim and Armagh men’s senior gaelic football teams in nearby Corrigan Park, a venue with a limited capacity of 4,000.
Plans for a 34,000-capacity redeveloped Casement Park remain in limbo due to a major funding gap of around £150 million
Stormont ministers committed £62.5 million to Casement in 2011, as part of a strategy to revamp it along with football’s Windsor Park and the rugby ground at Ravenhill.
While the two other Belfast-based…
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