2006: Plans are unveiled to build a new 42,500 seater stadium for soccer, rugby, and Gaelic games at the site of the former Maze Prison, with the provisional backing of the GAA.
January 2009: Sports minister Gregory Campbell scraps the Maze stadium plan in favour of the three sports’ ruling authorities developing their own stadium solutions.
March 2009: Ulster GAA proposes that west Belfast’s Casement Park is upgraded to become the north’s premier GAA facility, accommodating 40,000 fans.
March 2011: The Stormont Executive agrees a £61.4 million funding package to redevelop Casement Park, alongside sums to upgrade the home of Ulster Rugby at Ravenhill, and IFA soccer stadium Windsor Park. The GAA agrees to pay £15million towards the overall Casement bill.
February 2012: Work on the new stadium is announced to begin in 2013, with September 2015 named as the completion date.
June 2013: Residents living close to Casement oppose the plans, claiming the stadium will block sunlight to their homes and cause traffic chaos should concerts be staged there.
June 2013: Ulster GAA learns of legal challenge by two construction firms whose bid for work at Casement was unsuccessful.
December 2013: Environment minister Mark H Durkan grants official planning permission for project.
February 2014: Ulster GAA’s Ryan Feeney admits more could have been done to engage with local residents as they threaten legal action over the redevelopment.
March 2014: Project faces new legal hurdle as social club based at the grounds seeks injunction to prevent the demolition of their clubhouse. GAA chiefs threaten to sue the club over an alleged £40,00 debt, before an agreement that the clubhouse can be demolished is reached.
September 2014: Residents’ legal challenge to Casement redevelopment begins, with court told the project is “dominant and overbearing” for the area.
December 2014: A High Court judge quashes Minister Durkan’s planning approval.
April 2015: It's revealed key safety advisers were not consulted over the proposed stadium’s design plans. Safety expert Paul Scott tells a Stormont committee inquiry he was put under “undue pressure” to approve the plans. A report later dismisses claims Mr Scott was bullied by Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure officials.
August 2015: A Cabinet Office report describes “broken” relations behind the scenes of the redevelopment project, but say the overall business case for the stadium remains “sound”.
March 2016: Sports minister Carál Ní Chuilín walks out of a Stormont committee investigation into safety concerns at Casement without answering questions. It had previously been claimed she was aware of the safety issues as far back as 2012.
March 2016: GAA consider revamped design for Casement stadium as it launches “entirely new” consultation process, with plans to submit a planning application by the end of the year.
October 2016: Claims that invasive plant Japanese knotweed is spreading from the derelict Casement grounds into neighbouring properties prompts a new legal threat to the GAA.
October 2016: The GAA submits their fresh planning application for a downsized 34,500 seater stadium, set to open in 2019.
