#Latest news with #BelfastStadiumBBC News14 hours agoBusinessBBC NewsCasement Park: Government says funding will not have to be repaidThe government has confirmed that the £50m funding it pledged for the development of Casement Park in Belfast will not have to be followed questions raised in the Assembly by the DUP after it emerged the funding was allocated under a mechanism which allows for the money to be process is known as Financial Transactions Capital and when questioned in the chamber today Finance Minister John O'Dowd said the details were still being worked also raised the prospect of money being in a statement a government spokesperson said it was providing the £50m as an "equity stake" rather than a loan. The money came as part of the chancellor's Spending Review, which allocates money to day-to-day public services for the next three the west Belfast stadium is estimated to cost about £260m - of which £120m is jointly in place from the Stormont Executive, the Irish government and the is still a shortfall of about £90m.
BBC News14 hours agoBusinessBBC NewsCasement Park: Government says funding will not have to be repaidThe government has confirmed that the £50m funding it pledged for the development of Casement Park in Belfast will not have to be followed questions raised in the Assembly by the DUP after it emerged the funding was allocated under a mechanism which allows for the money to be process is known as Financial Transactions Capital and when questioned in the chamber today Finance Minister John O'Dowd said the details were still being worked also raised the prospect of money being in a statement a government spokesperson said it was providing the £50m as an "equity stake" rather than a loan. The money came as part of the chancellor's Spending Review, which allocates money to day-to-day public services for the next three the west Belfast stadium is estimated to cost about £260m - of which £120m is jointly in place from the Stormont Executive, the Irish government and the is still a shortfall of about £90m.