The derelict ground has been earmarked as a venue for five Euro 2028 matches
Casement Park will be built “on my watch”, Northern Ireland ’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. Ms O’Neill was addressing a major rally on Irish unification in Belfast on Saturday.
. However, the funding needed to build the stadium in time for the tournament is still not in place and there are concerns the delays will see Belfast missing out on a tournament being jointly hosted by the UK and Ireland. She said Westminster had shown it would never serve the interests of people in Northern Ireland, which demonstrated the need for constitutional change. Eleven political parties from across the island are taking part in the event on Saturday.
The Alliance Party’s Nuala McAllister took part in a panel discussion after party leader Naomi Long withdrew. Ms McAllister said the priority for her party was to reform the Stormont powersharing institutions. She said: “We do not want to create a divide here where we radicalise on either side.”
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