IRFU President Barry Keogh has greeted the formal launch of the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company Ltd as Making a statement that the new Ireland is progressive and dynamic.

The Union President added: It was in February 1994 that Ronnie Dawson proposed we look at the future needs of our sport. After ten years, during which we went down many side roads, we have reached the point where the oldest international stadium in the world, where we played England in 1878, has its future secured.