Joe Costello (Dublin Central, Labour) | Oireachtas source

I ask Bord na gCon to keep us updated on the matter.

My second point is on the Harold's Cross stadium. It has been outlined already that the board is in the process of putting it up for sale. What is the justification for the sale? It is the second stadium in Dublin and is more a local than a national stadium. It is a stadium where a night out at the dogs takes place on a regular basis. On my side of the city it is treated as virtually a northside stadium. I cannot understand, considering that the stadium is profitable, why Bord na gCon should sell it to defray debts incurred in Limerick. This is Dublin and that is Limerick. Surely a reasonable analysis of the situation would not require the elimination of a second stadium in Dublin which is profitable, local and availed of by the ordinary punter. I know the financial problems that Bord na gCon faces but selling a profitable stadium is not the answer to a financial problem.