The GAA has strongly rejected claims that safety was compromised at Casement Park.

Senior GAA officials have denied that the safety of supporters would have been put at risk had the £77 million redevelopment gone ahead. Paul Scott of the Safety and Technical Group (STG) told the North's Departure of Culture, Arts and Leisure Committee last month that the Ulster Council had put "undue" pressure on him over his views of the Casement Park redevelopment plan.

He revealed that he had lodged a complaint of bullying and harassment with the chief executive of Sport Northern Ireland, and an investigation has since been launched.

A letter to the Irish News today, which is signed by GAA director-general Paraic Duffy, Ulster Council secretary Danny Murphy, Antrim chairman Jim Murray and Casement Park project board chairman Tom Daly, read: "The GAA has an impeccable safety record and this is something we will never compromise upon.

"The GAA does not compromise on safety. With the development of a stadium such as Casement Park, there are two important but decidedly independent processes, the planning application and the safety certificate process."

Also in the letter, it was stated that the Association - which will launch a fresh planning bid in the coming weeks - would "utterly refute any allegations that we pressurised any individuals or organisations."

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