Ireland and UK to host Euro 2028

I haven’t seen anyone say there is a right for the island to retain the 4 games that were going to be held in Belfast. The initial indication is that they will be split between Ire, Eng, Sco, Wal. But no harm to throw Cork into the ring. Recently renovated, it would still need some upgrading to make it all seater. So feasibility and cost would need to be established. A long shot, but no need to rule it out too quickly and it would be great for Cork if it did happen.

the attractiveness of Cork is it would be relatively easy to bring the stadium up to UEFA standards (CatA?), and the stadium has already hosted a UEFA fixture so it has that going for it…..

To share a tournament between the 2 islands and only have 1 stadium being used on the smaller of the islands is criminal….. almost feels like Irelands involvement is token at best…

Adding Cork would give it that genuine hosting feel, as otherwise it’s just a few games in Dublin… would also make the tournament stadia map look a bit kinder to Ireland…

Ireland's involvement is token at best. It's not a case of feels like.

The English could host this alone easier than any other country but need us, Scotland and Wales for politics.

England have stadiums that don't need to be brought up to standard or patched up with haphazard seats because they are already there.

Looks like the rumblings are that the game swill now be shared between the 4 national stadiums.

PuC is better the way it is. Stupid to have seats and a roof when a large section of GAA fans prefer the open terrace.

You would be making a stadium to suit the very rare occasion like the Euros.

This major tournament is the only one ever coming our way and there is no point in it being more attractive for other sports because soccer will never ever play an international in a rented stadium and that's about the only thing that it isn't already attracting.

And outside of seats and a roof it is a modern stadium. And both Cork and Munster fans like terraces.

A lot of modern stadiums are kips on the outside or surrounding areas. That's got nothing to do with it being a modern stadium. Soccer is trying to get back to terraces in places that don't have them and lauded in the places that does.

It has everything a modern stadium has it's just not a shape you like.

The FAI would never put this forward for one off matches because they would use the stadium they own. It's a non runner.

Modern stadiums in northern Europe have a roof right the way around. Not sure if they could do a paint job on the terrace, but it could look a lot better, I think.

I know the outside of the stadium doesn't have a bearing on it. It's just unfortunate that practically the entire route out to there from the city is an eye sore.

Depending on how womans football grows, it could be a option for them. The game over the summer was very well received, even though the terraces were closed.

With schedule clashes and gigs etc, the opportunity is there for PUC to be the main alternative venue.

The CBB handling of the rebuild was a disaster and have saddled the place with a lot of debt. It may suit the sport it was built for, but largely due to the debt, they now want everything and anything in there. If it's use over the winter continues to grow over the years ahead, not having a roof at both ends will be pain. But as I stated earlier, it's a gaa stadium, and can do what they want. It's just not ideal given they're now having to branch out beyond their own sport. Since the rebuild it's probably been at capacity more for non gaa events.

It being fully roofed isn't a deal breaker(might be for a uefa tournament). It just makes it more attractive, and for sports over the winter, much more practical.

You can't rule out UEFA or Ireland either. UEFA are forever trying to expand both club and international football. It's perfectly reasonable to expect that there will be regular schedule clashes in the future, considering Lansdowne Rd is as shared ground.

Fair points about the current situation with the FAI and Munster. But that can all change in the future. Munster have said they have no plans to use it this season, but there's obviously an apatite for it and they have huge support in Cork. Having a stadium between the GAA and Rugby probably would make sense in Limerick, but that's never going to happen now.

The Barca game in Limerick was incredibly **** by the FAI. But I think their beef was they were trying to negotiate with Barca at the same time, for a game I don't think ever happened in Dublin? Cork City have said they hope to put some big friendly matches on in PUC , from next summer on.

And yes, I know all of the PUC stuff could happen without a roof covering the entire stand, but to me it just makes more sense in a country where the weather is often so bad, even in the summer, to have it. Not having It also makes it look a bit dated, even though it's new. I've been soaked in Thomand park on two occasions. Not sure why they didn't cover both ends. Maybe it was the cost? Maybe a lot of Rugby fans prefer it like that and to be wet?

Says the boss of Dublin airport.

Pure clickbait.

yeah, he gives details of meeting UEFA reps in the article so has provided detail beyond what’s shown in the headline

it’s paywalled

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/uefa-considering-pulling-euro-2028-games-over-passenger-cap-dublin-airport-md/

Thanks. Just had a read of it there and it's mostly him telling UEFA to be worried about it.

“I was giving Uefa an honest briefing on it [the cap], obviously we have the Euros in 2028, and they are like ‘do we need to make a decision to move that?’

Honest me hole.

He claims UEFA were worried about the cap during the Europa League final but that is surely pure horsesht once you consider Dublin hosts much bigger events like Paddy's Day. I don't believe for a second UEFA came to him and specifically mentioned the cap before that final.

The country also has 3 more airports within a 3 hour public transport journey of Dublin which is nothing to a sports fan. It's only Dubs have a nervous breakdown about having to leave the city to fly.

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