Project will cost over twice original estimate

The Irish Times

The independent consultants' report on the Sports Campus and Stadium Ireland project at Abbotstown, Co Dublin, has been a long time in gestation. And despite attempts by some to massage its contents, what has emerged is an indictment of woolly thinking on a grand scale. The consultants, High Point Rendel (HPR), who know a lot about major sports facilities worldwide, submitted a draft of their report to the Minister for Sport, Dr McDaid, in late-September. Since then, attempts have been made to rewrite some of its essential findings in more acceptable language.

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