Plans for the redevelopment of Lansdowne Road remain "completely on schedule" after the body charged with overseeing the project furnished Dublin City Council with the additional information it had requested.
The Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company, chaired by IRFU chief executive Philip Browne, responded to the Council's request yesterday and hope to secure planning permission by early next year.
"We factored in the request into our planning timetable so we are still completely on schedule - we had allowed a year for the planning process," Browne said today.
"Obviously everything is dependent on receiving planning permission and to meet the deadlines we have committed to we must press ahead as soon as possible on all fronts."
The original planning application was lodged on January 12th of this year and the LRSDC hope to be able to begin construction work, which will last 27 months, at the Dublin 4 venue in early 2007.
Next year's rugby and soccer internationals will take place at Croke Park after the GAA voted to open its doors while Lansdowne Road is unavailable.
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