Lansdowne Road will be redeveloped

Ireland's Lansdowne Roadwill be getting a EUR 365 million facelift, paving the way for work to start on its revamp as an all-seater venue.

"The Irish Rugby Football Union warmly welcomes the notification from Dublin City Council of their decision to grant planning for the re-development of Lansdowne Road, while respecting that there remains some way to go in the process," IRFU President Peter Boyle said of Monday's decision by the town planners to invest in the stadium. "The importance of this project for the future well being of the whole of Irish rugby can not be overstated."

Developers applied in January for permission to redevelop Lansdowne Road as a 50,000-all-seat stadium. Work on the project is expected to start in 2007 and scheduled for completion by July 2009.

Ireland's national rugby and soccer teams will play their matches at the Gaelic Athletics Association's showcase venue, Croke Park, while work is being carried out at Lansdowne Road.

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