Stadium objectors criticise height and design

The Irish Times

The plans for a 50,000-seater stadium at Lansdowne Road contravene the Dublin City Development Plan, the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights, residents' groups have told An Bord Pleanála. The planning application for the €350 million stadium is also invalid because it proposes building on lands that are not owned by the Lansdowne Road Stadium Company, residents claim. Appeals against the development were heard on the opening day of An Bord Pleanála's public hearing into the development in Dublin yesterday. The appeals will be followed by submissions from the stadium company and Dublin City Council which granted planning permission for the stadium last August.

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