'This is being seriously looked at because we were guaranteed that number (of games) on the island and I think people across the country would like opportunities to watch the Euros'
The Irish government is pressing the case for Cork to host a Euro 2028 game originally earmarked for Belfast.
The move comes after the UK government announced on Friday that it would not be providing funding to rebuild Casement Park in Belfast in time for the Euros. Stormont ’s Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has said while it is unlikely that Northern Ireland will now host any matches he said he would ask if Uefa might be prepared to make an exception in regard to its criteria to enable the 18,500-seater football stadium at Windsor Park in Belfast to stage one fixture.
“We have raised with the powers-that-be the prospect perhaps of another fixture in the Euros, perhaps Pairc Ui Chaoimh could be,” he told reporters at Fianna Fail’s think-in event in Killiney, Co Dublin. He added: “I have had discussions with the Gaelic Athletic Association who are also interested in the Pairc Ui Chaoimh idea and have put that forward.”
Mr Byrne said he had spoken to FAI interim chief executive David Courell about using GAA venues if further games were allocated to Ireland.“Croke Park has always been in the mix, Uefa decided not to have it. Pairc Ui Chaoimh would need work, as would Croke Park, to host the games up to Uefa standard so we certainly put them into the mix. I am conscious that there are other football associations, apart from the FAI, involved in this.
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