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Wrong. Northern Ireland is not 1/2th a province. It's 1/4th of a nation. ROI is 3/4qtrs of a nation. Which European countries are better? Us northern scum live in the best country in the world. Who else has 2 countries to support? The Beautiful South is another issue entirely. Who cares who takes his decree from Pope Francie?

1. There won't be that much traffic at Antrim matches
2. Don't know but if "they" are the Ulster Council then it needs to point out to our government that its' hands are tied to an extent. It can only give Antrim GAA 11% support, it being one 9th of our province.

Personally I think it's dead in the water and the message is 'take yer bogball elsewhere' resonates.  Why go somewhere where you're not wanted?

Shocking piece of scaremongering by BBC It would seem BBC is trying to polarise local opinion in advance of the local consultation

Don't know if it's scaremongering or not but let's consider this scenario: Springsteen is playing to 38,000 over 4 nights. The recently reconstituted UVF decide to give them westies a bit of the ole medicine with a 1000lb bomb at the entrance to that Casement monstrosity. Stadium needs evacuated in 8 mins.  One of the first things the PSNI does is close the M1 because that's exactly where the culchies will be directed and reach their safety.  I'm no expert but surely a huge pedestrian entrance/exit is planned for that roundabout?  How often it would be used is another issue.  It seems to me that the concert goers\ulster final attendees would be in a better position than the residents in Slemish Way.

The GAA have taken an arrogant stance but it seems to me that underneath all of this there's an undercurrent of not really wanting them in Belfast.  A green field site north of Newry makes far more sense. It will eventually become Northern Ireland's second city and better suited to deal with nationalists' commercial interests.