The Gaelic Athletic Association "ruled out downsizing" the proposed stadium at Belfast's Casement Park, which has been "ensnared" in the planning process since the 38,000-capacity project was turned down nearly five years ago, according to Seán Moran of the IRISH TIMES. Speaking at the launch of his first annual report, GAA Dir General Tom Ryan said that the association would "do its best to deliver" the redevelopment. He said, "There has to be a stadium built at Casement Park. There has to be -- Belfast needs it. We don’t really have an alternative option, and if we are to look at downsizing it, we have to go back to the start of the process again, go back through planning and new physical configuration of the stadium. So no, it is full steam ahead with the project as it is configured at the moment and with the financial commitment that we have made to it." He added that the plans to put £15M ($20M) into the project had not changed, even though "the financial projections and the financial package that surrounded all of that date from 10 years ago" (IRISH TIMES, 1/31).
