Ulster Council president Martin McAviney says the GAA fully complied with everything that was asked of them during the planning application process for Casement Park.

The proposed development of a new 38,000-seater stadium is up in the air after a High Court judge yesterday ruled that the Environment Minister's planning approval for the project was unlawful.

"In all the work that we did, we complied with all that was asked of us," McAviney told The Irish News. "All the things that we were asked for, we did and the judge even said that in his judgment where he rejected the arguments made by the residents that we didn't consult. He rejected that argument.

"Anything we were asked for, we did. As far as we are concerned, the things that we were asked for to apply for planning permission, we did."

McAviney hopes there is still hope of finding a way forward: "We'll have to wait and see what the final outcome is on Wednesday," he adds.

"We had a strategic plan to build a stadium for the province so the loser will be the GAA in Ulster generally until we get a solution. We have to see what we can achieve out of this.

"The judge has to come back and tell us. The strategy for the Council had a stadium and we don't have that at the minute. The one we had gone for, the judge has said that it's not there, so we have to look at what's our strategy going forward."

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