Casement Park in line for major overhaul - 40,000 all seater Stadium.

[Ulick]

The big problem for the GAA here is that Casement Park is on the wrong side of the Andytown Road. Victory for the aspirational middle class of WB.

[bannside]

WTF!

[ONeill]

The big problem for the GAA here is that Casement Park is on the wrong side of the Andytown Road. Victory for the aspirational middle class of WB.

Absolute bollocks. Have you spoken to the residents?

[Ulick]

There's at least one club on the other side of the road about to fold because they can't attract new members. This development would have been a God send to them in terms of highlighting the GAA throughout west Belfast and beyond. But no, the middle class wannabe's over the other side of the road couldn't be having any blurring of the lines between them and the great unwashed.

[armaghniac]

When Casement Park was built so much money was collected from the people of Belfast that it was built bigger than planned. Now the people of Belfast have gathered together to drive it out.

[ONeill]

There's at least one club on the other side of the road about to fold because they can't attract new members. This development would have been a God send to them in terms of highlighting the GAA throughout west Belfast and beyond. But no, the middle class wannabe's over the other side of the road couldn't be having any blurring of the lines between them and the great unwashed.

Ignoring literacy problems, it appears you haven't a notion what or who you are talking about.

I received a message this evening from a 'resident' who hopes Casement will be rebuilt with the concerns of the locals addressed adequately and professionally as opposed to being dismissed, ridiculed or ignored. This person, if you want to go the class route as is your want, is earning a lot less than you or me but simply wants fair play for those directly involved.

So, if you're not prepared to present specifics and instead spout disappointing generalisations then I suggest your words are as barren as Armagh's All-Ireland tally.

[ONeill]

When Casement Park was built so much money was collected from the people of Belfast that it was built bigger than planned. Now the people of Belfast have gathered together to drive it out.

I interviewed Sean McGettigan in his house a few years before he passed away. He told me the story of him walking down the road with a cheque in his hand for the construction of Casement Park. He struck me as a man who wanted the best for Antrim GAA but would never be taken for a fool, especially when it came to commercialism.

Two stories I remember - he wasn't a fan of the cult of the celeb in Brolly/O'Rourke/Spillane and thought the half time break would be better served showing highlights. He also thought journalists had lost their way with trying to write fairytales instead of sticking to conditions, crowd, how the game was won and how the game was lost.

The people of Belfast have not gathered to drive it out. Maybe the GAA have learned a vital lesson here in humility and professionalism.

[T Fearon]

This Casement Park catastrophe could quickly become known as "The Balls -up on the Falls"

[theticklemister]

This Casement Park catastrophe could quickly become known as "The Balls -up on the Falls"

was that not Gerry Adams?

[Ulick]

There's at least one club on the other side of the road about to fold because they can't attract new members. This development would have been a God send to them in terms of highlighting the GAA throughout west Belfast and beyond. But no, the middle class wannabe's over the other side of the road couldn't be having any blurring of the lines between them and the great unwashed.

Ignoring literacy problems, it appears you haven't a notion what or who you are talking about.

I received a message this evening from a 'resident' who hopes Casement will be rebuilt with the concerns of the locals addressed adequately and professionally as opposed to being dismissed, ridiculed or ignored. This person, if you want to go the class route as is your want, is earning a lot less than you or me but simply wants fair play for those directly involved.

So, if you're not prepared to present specifics and instead spout disappointing generalisations then I suggest your words are as barren as Armagh's All-Ireland tally.

Calm down pettle. If you can't conduct a discussion without resorting to insults then you're not worth it. There were no generalisations in what I posted. The residents group are mostly from the posh side of the road and on the other side of the road St Teresa's are very close to folding - the social club has already been shut.

[Bo Man]

The residents in and around this stadium have no interest in Casement Park being  This was a victory for the SDLP in west Belfast. These great west belfast Irish men and women will return to what they do best. Watching the English premiership. Ulster GAA should submit a new planning application for a 60,000 seat stadium the next time around.

[Tony Baloney]

The residents in and around this stadium have no interest in Casement Park being  This was a victory for the SDLP in west Belfast. These great west belfast Irish men and women will return to what they do best. Watching the English premiership. Ulster GAA should submit a new planning application for a 60,000 seat stadium the next time around.

Reasoned response.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Mark Durkan who is getting all the grief at the minute and gave the project the green light is in the SDLP. Likewise plenty of photos on The Casement facebook page of Carál Ní Chuilín with Tim Attwood SDLP at the launch of the project. The only elected representative I know who has made it clear he was dead against this project is Gerry Carrol of People before profit.

[JPGJOHNNYG]

Breaking news re-design likely to be given the all clear

[babarino]

There's an air of desperation about the repeated claim in the media, that the Irish RWC bid is in jeopardy because of the scuppered plans...as if this one-off event is a major deciding factor.