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Maze row 'harming development' | Maze row 'harming development' |
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Failure to agree a plan for the former Maze prison is jeopardising future development opportunities, NI Secretary Shaun Woodward has said. | Failure to agree a plan for the former Maze prison is jeopardising future development opportunities, NI Secretary Shaun Woodward has said. |
Sinn Féin will not support the plans for a national stadium unless the County Antrim site includes a conflict transformation centre. | Sinn Féin will not support the plans for a national stadium unless the County Antrim site includes a conflict transformation centre. |
However, some unionists oppose the centre being built there. | However, some unionists oppose the centre being built there. |
Mr Woodward said the deadlock meant it was hard for him to ask government to hand over disused army bases. | Mr Woodward said the deadlock meant it was hard for him to ask government to hand over disused army bases. |
"I am the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the Cabinet and I think anybody who knows me well, knows I love this place and I will fight harder than anybody for Northern Ireland," he said. | "I am the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the Cabinet and I think anybody who knows me well, knows I love this place and I will fight harder than anybody for Northern Ireland," he said. |
"It just doesn't help if I go in there hoping to score a six on the cricket ground and find that my bat's been broken and that's the point I am making about the Maze." | |
'Value for money' | 'Value for money' |
Mr Woodward said it was difficult for him to argue for old military sites, such as land in Omagh which is earmarked for a possible school development, to be handed over. | Mr Woodward said it was difficult for him to argue for old military sites, such as land in Omagh which is earmarked for a possible school development, to be handed over. |
"The point I was making is that if I am being asked to go to the Treasury to say, will you give me the site at Omagh, which is worth well in excess of £100m - that is tax payers' money," he said. | |
"If I'm going to do that then I need to demonstrate that this is value for money. | "If I'm going to do that then I need to demonstrate that this is value for money. |
"It does, therefore, trouble those who look at this and see that there is still no satisfactory resolution on what will happen at the Maze." | "It does, therefore, trouble those who look at this and see that there is still no satisfactory resolution on what will happen at the Maze." |
The Gaelic Athletic Association, Irish Football Association and Ulster Rugby have all confirmed they would play games at the Maze venue. | The Gaelic Athletic Association, Irish Football Association and Ulster Rugby have all confirmed they would play games at the Maze venue. |
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