Former Sports Minister Martin Cullen says he would have built a new GAA stadium in Waterford ten years ago

Former Sports Minister Martin Cullen says he would have delivered a brand new stadium in Waterford about ten years ago that he had not Summer for awkward officials

Cullen broke a long media silence He responded to last month's local radio interview with Deise's secretary, Pat Flynn, who said he was "amazed" to see 25 million euros of government funds available for a "

Flynn said:" There was no funding of this magnitude and I can categorically say that I have never heard of that kind of figure.

In a furious follow-up yesterday, Cullen told WLR FM that he would have delivered a new stadium on the WIT campus in Carriganore if the GAA officials had shown enough interest.

Speaking of America, Cullen said, "This possibility was there, she was real, she existed and she never took off Waterford co"

He added, "That no one doubts nothing, I would have delivered for Waterford

"I could deliver In the country, there is no doubt in my mind that if the GAA came to my door and said, "Martin, we want to go with this project, what can we do to get there?", I would have done that happen "

But the l & # 39; Waterford man claimed that he had received no support from county officials.

Wat Erford was forced to concede the home advantage for two home games at the Munster Championship this year due to health and safety issues with Walsh Park. 19659002] And Cullen piled even more pressure on them when he claims If the players had received enough support, the county would have won several All-Irelands over the past 20 years.

Cullen said, "We had the most players, but we need to support the players. I always come back to what Tony Jacklin was saying when Europe could never beat America in the Ryder Cup, and he said, "We have the same players, we have good players, but they are treated as third clbad citizens, I will never win until we have provided all that is needed. "

" And he did, and the same is true in Waterford I think we would have won two or three All-Irelands if we had better structures around the players to give them the support they needed. "

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