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Tue 12 Dec 2006Stadium objectors criticise height and designThe plans for a 50,000-seater stadium at Lansdowne Road contravene the Dublin City Development Plan, the Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights, residents' groups have told An Bord Pleanála.The planning application for the €350 million stadium is also invalid because it proposes building on lands that are not owned by the Lansdowne Road Stadium Company, residents claim.