More lolly for the Debt dodging Freeloaders

[rosnarun]

Tallaght Stadium, the new home of Shamrock Rovers, is to receive €825,000 from the RAPID Sports Capital grant fund.

Rovers, the most successful side in League of Ireland history, have been without a permanent home for two decades since leaving Glenmalure Park in Milltown in 1987.

The new stadium also received a €2.75 million grant from the Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism this year.

[Gnevin]

Sure don't the Irish league teams deserve a dig out , such a well managed ,realistic lot

[thebandit]

Sure don't the Irish league teams deserve a dig out , such a well managed ,realistic lot

Just like their Eircom League counterparts 

[dublinfella]

I'm a bit lost, South Dublin County Council are "Debt dodging Freeloaders"? 

[rosnarun]

not its the wasters who sold their stadium for housing and then sat on their arses for nearly 20 years till some one else built them a stadium and along the way managed to go broke and did their best to bring several small business' with them

[dublinfella]

not its the wasters who sold their stadium for housing and then sat on their arses for nearly 20 years till some one else built them a stadium and along the way managed to go broke and did their best to bring several small business' with them

But the money is going to the Council to assist in building a much needed piece of sporting and social infrastructure in a disadvantaged area.

Your bitterness is admirable, but entirely misplaced.

[rosnarun]

But the money is going to the Council to assist in building a much needed piece of sporting and social infrastructure in a disadvantaged area.

Your bitterness is admirable, but entirely misplaced.

balls the money going to the least deserving causes who prtend to a Prosfessional business when it suits them .
At least we can be fairly sure theyll go the way of most soccer club and dissappear along with cork cobh galway and sligo before too long and from todays paper hopefully Drogheda too . though im sure theyll get some suckers from meath or louth CC to bail them out

[his holiness nb]

Dont think any eircom league team is safe with the way things are going. Not having to pay for your stadium must be a great help though. Gives Rovers a big advantage over the other teams.

Whatever other sports teams will be let in occasionally for a day out, I dont think anyone is naive enough not to realise its just a smokescreen to justify giving Rovers a stadium.
"Its for the community" sounds much better doesnt it?

I'd be inclined to say "fair play to them" were it not for the carry on of their fans during the thomas davis court case.

[Tankie]

But the money is going to the Council to assist in building a much needed piece of sporting and social infrastructure in a disadvantaged area.

Your bitterness is admirable, but entirely misplaced.

balls the money going to the least deserving causes who prtend to a Prosfessional business when it suits them .
At least we can be fairly sure theyll go the way of most soccer club and dissappear along with cork cobh galway and sligo before too long and from todays paper hopefully Drogheda too . though im sure theyll get some suckers from meath or louth CC to bail them out

whats this about Drogheda?

[dublinfella]

So not only have they fooled the Judge, the Council and the Dept of Sport, now those nefarious Rovers lads have scammed money out of the Dept of Community, Gaeltacht and Rural Affairs. Or maybe, just maybe, what is planned for the facility is what they say it is - a genuine community space with a members owned professional soccer club as anchor tenents?

I feel the real bitterness here is that this compunds to you how wrong TD's position was on the matter.

The RAPID programme funding is available to all sports bodies in disadvantaged areas. They feel that what Rovers and the Council have planned for the stadiium is worthy of 825k. And very tellingly, none of the dozen or so GAA teams in the area have schemes worth funding.

[dublinfella]

But the money is going to the Council to assist in building a much needed piece of sporting and social infrastructure in a disadvantaged area.

Your bitterness is admirable, but entirely misplaced.

balls the money going to the least deserving causes who prtend to a Prosfessional business when it suits them .
At least we can be fairly sure theyll go the way of most soccer club and dissappear along with cork cobh galway and sligo before too long and from todays paper hopefully Drogheda too . though im sure theyll get some suckers from meath or louth CC to bail them out

Not one of those clubs has 'disappeared'. If you are going to rant, try and get the basics right. Like saying that football clubs that have games this weekend hae gone bust and where the funding is actually going.

[dublinfella]

whats this about Drogheda?

According to todays papers the NRA have vetoed their new stadium so the builder backing them is out at the end of the season. Would only be a problem if they pulled out mid season like the hedge fund who owned Cork.   

[Tankie]

So not only have they fooled the Judge, the Council and the Dept of Sport, now those nefarious Rovers lads have scammed money out of the Dept of Community, Gaeltacht and Rural Affairs. Or maybe, just maybe, what is planned for the facility is what they say it is - a genuine community space with a members owned professional soccer club as anchor tenents?

I feel the real bitterness here is that this compunds to you how wrong TD's position was on the matter.

The RAPID programme funding is available to all sports bodies in disadvantaged areas. They feel that what Rovers and the Council have planned for the stadiium is worthy of 825k. And very tellingly, none of the dozen or so GAA teams in the area have schemes worth funding.

what are you talking about? i really dont see what your point is or is it just a rant. SR are tennents in 3k one stand stadium, the stadium is too small for any other sports anyway. the government will give money to anyone, sure they game the RDS €1m for floodlights so they could rent the ground to leinster rugby!

[dublinfella]

what are you talking about? i really dont see what your point is or is it just a rant. SR are tennents in 3k one stand stadium, the stadium is too small for any other sports anyway. the government will give money to anyone, sure they game the RDS €1m for floodlights so they could rent the ground to leinster rugby!

Jesus wept. Everyone has an opinion round here without even the most basic facts. 3k? 

This is additional funding because its in a disadvantaged area - hence its from the dept of community affairs under the RAPID scheme. Its for add ons to what is already planned for things like equipment to turn it into an outdoor cinema and the like. This is NOT capital grant funds.

Nothing whatsoever to do with the sporting side of the facility. Its further proof that TD got it fundamentally wrong - this is not a 'free' stadium for a soccer club, rather the council have other plans for the place - plans the GAA tried to stop.

If the local GAA clubs had such schemes they would also get funding. But they are more worried about blocking other sports getting a foothold.

[his holiness nb]

If the local GAA clubs had such schemes they would also get funding. But they are more worried about blocking other sports getting a foothold.

Just thought this statement was worth showing twice. Very telling comment.