National Stadium GAA deal may be in jeopardy
A spokesman for the Minister for Sport, John O'Donoghue, said today that all undertakings made by the Government in relation to the stadium project were under review given the changed circumstances.
However he maintained that any suggestion the funds would be stopped was just speculation.
The GAA was promised €19 million each year for three years as part of a deal which would have seen some Gaelic ties played in the new facility.
A spokesman for the GAA said this afternoon that as far as the organisation was concerned their agreement still stood.
Earlier today the Tánaiste said the coalition has not been damaged by the decision not to invest taxpayers' money in a National Stadium.
Speaking for the first time on the decision, Mary Harney said the Government had other spending priorities.
She said she hoped the stadium would go ahead through private investment.
The Taoiseach said he is not aware of any unease in the Fianna Fáil backbenches over the decision.
Bertie Ahern told journalists the Government was seeking to develop the stadium project in conjunction with private interests, as other countries had successfully done in the past.
