GAA president Jarlath Burns believes it is unlikely that the redevelopment of Casement Park will be completed in time to stage Euro 2028 games.
The project has been plagued by delays and Northern Ireland secretary of state Chris Heaton-Harris said in April that the UK government is still “working to figure out” the cost of building the stadium in west Belfast.
A month later prime minister Rishi Sunak insisted the government will make a “significant contribution” to the scheme.
The original cost a decade ago was estimated to be £77.5m but Heaton-Harris suggested in March it could now be about £308m.
“It’s not looking as if we’re going to get the Euros,” Burns told the Belfast Telegraph.
He expects the redevelopment of Casement Park will go ahead but not to the required specification to meet Uefa standards for staging Euro 2028 fixtures.
He added: “Having attended the final of the Europa League in the Aviva, I can see what Uefa brings to a stadium and to an event. West Belfast deserves that and we’re not getting it. It’s just a great pity because the carrot was dangled in front of us and then it was taken away.
