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Mon 04 Apr 2007Council to debate transfer of Dodder walkwayA proposal to give just under half an acre of public land to the developers of the new 50,000-seater Lansdowne Road stadium is to be put to Dublin city councillors today.The Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company (LRSDC) was granted planning permission for the stadium by An Bord Pleanála just over a week ago. However, it must secure a strip of land along the side of the River Dodder before the development can go ahead.