The UK Government confirmed on Friday night that it will not fund the redevelopment of the derelict GAA stadium in time for Euro 2028.

He was suspended from the party’s Assembly team after leaving Stormont early to manage the Laois GAA team in a match in Wicklow

The Belfast site is currently derelict and plans by the GAA to redevelop it with a 34,000 capacity have been mired in controversy and hit by delays.