The first half of Ireland's match against France last weekend in Paris may well have had the IRFU shuffle with embarrassment in their premier level seats. But yesterday, when Wanderers, one of their founding members and current tenants at Lansdowne Road, submitted an observation to Dublin City Council on the Lansdowne Road redevelopment, the union may well have cringed once more.

The decision to submit an observation on - and thus potentially delay - the planning application for the €365 million redevelopment of Lansdowne Road was yesterday approved unanimously by the board of Wanderers following a break down in talks with the IRFU, in particular over the issue of the proposed demolition of the Wanderers pavilion and the provision of alternative facilities. Wanderers have played at Lansdowne Road since the 1880s.

Wanderers claim that if one party holds a licence, as they do, then their permission would have to be sought before demolition of the stadium takes place.

They also say that the Lansdowne Road redevelopment application could be declared void because an element of the application is related to a property over which another party, Wanderers, have a licence.

Given the inability for the parties to reach agreement, Wanderers submitted their observation yesterday, the closing date for such submissions.

"The proposed development of Lansdowne Road involves the demolition of the Wanderers pavilion, despite the fact that the current licence runs until 2017," yesterday's statement from the club read. "Wanderers also has a licence for the use of playing pitches. Wanderers has requested Dublin City Council to take their concerns into consideration before any decision is taken on the planning application."

The plans for the development of Lansdowne Road were lodged with Dublin City Council early last month (Thursday, January 12th).

The proposed, 50,000 all-seated stadium has been designed by international stadia architects HOK Sport Architecture, working in conjunction with leading Irish company Scott Tallon Walker.

Objections from various interested parties, such as the residents associations of the area, were expected, but an internal "revolt" from one of their clubs and the potential to delay a national project in which the Government have agreed to invest €191 million, was not.

"The level of frustration would be at a very, very high level. It was left to the 11th hour in an effort to have the situation resolved," said a Wanderers spokesman.

The IRFU responded in a statement last night, saying they were "disappointed that Wanderers FC has chosen to issue a statement to the media while in negotiations with the union regarding the impending construction of the new stadium at Lansdowne Road, despite lengthy negotiations and the offer of a very generous compensation package."

The IRFU say that, among their proposals to Wanderers, is one for "a replacement, fully-equipped clubhouse within the existing Lansdowne Road grounds".