Dublin City Council will decide today whether to give the developers of the Lansdowne Road stadium a half-acre strip of land for the construction of the stadium.
An extraordinary meeting of the council's south east area committee has been called today under pressure from the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company (LRSDC), which wants a urgent decision on the land to allow building to get under way.
The proposal to transfer the land, which is a section of the River Dodder walkway, to LRSDC must be agreed by the councillors from the southeast area and then ratified by the full council.
The proposal was put before the south east area committee at its last monthly meeting on April 2nd, but they decided to defer the decision to their next meeting on May 14th, because LRSDC had not negotiated a compensation package for residents living nearest the stadium.
LRSDC also wants the closure of the Dart for two weekends to allow for demolition and construction work. Under an agreement reached with Iarnród Éireann these closures can only take place on two bank holiday weekends when the service is at its least busy.
LRSDC had initially targeted the St Patrick's Day and Easter weekends for the work, but was not granted planning permission for the stadium in time. Bord Pleanála finally granted permission on March 22nd last.