{"id":313037,"date":"2026-02-23T13:11:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:11:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/313037\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T13:11:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T13:11:08","slug":"sports-minister-wants-to-pause-astroturf-funding-for-league-of-ireland-after-child-was-burned-by-a-flare-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/313037\/","title":{"rendered":"Sports Minister wants to pause astroturf funding for League of Ireland after child was burned by a flare &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMidkFVX3lxTFBDN19mNlpmSWVXQ1lQUl83QUoyYzgwa0tCQVZ0ZGF2R1ZPbjc4TVVITDF2YlNtLVI4ckNNZlFVRWUwbEdWM19oX2RIRktuV0pQdGpmN0RscEl4cE1heEtmbHJwQzVwVXJkVHExeDJYcW1ZZ1NSZXc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sports Minister wants to pause astroturf funding for League of Ireland after child was burned by a flare<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPaW1SaXhrbW9EVUdrMjg1dU5sNjBKMlNOWFJFczNwUS0yMHBoUGhZQmRHRWhCZk1XLVR3bllhS1Uxc3VJTmxBSHNDa0xrSFhVZ1l6VU9tZF9ORmpTNngyUkNHaGlKWTNuemZMbDdJOHdSalBoLUk2TUFYTmI0M1ctZkRQNmFLNERnMjJZOUR2NkFBT05tRmcwRUNudFBLOTFQZGc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Young Dundalk fan &#8216;shook&#8217; as clubs to meet on flares<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiekFVX3lxTE1nR0hKcDdGb0tSellhZDRraUltUi1oMW5NajZlMWkwZ1NQSWdZQUYxSjVDdnpfc2VvdzEyY0tPYk5Ic1NsdjYyNFJvejdJR3lXTWxmSEFFYkwxa2xnbDB1SjVfR25PYU9wdEJqLXRKT2J2NE5hWlAxOHVR?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dundalk FC \/ Drogheda United Joint Statement<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Dundalk FC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi0wFBVV95cUxNQVlMNXZ1bkF0UjBoUUN3OUp0S0tpUWlPbnFQWVJ0dU1QMU1JZmllSVd5SmREZWNjU0c0S2YxRlFVQTBXRmQ1R3JubkhSekNaaEk0QnkzWEJ2MVo5dEp6ZG1CZS1ybTlPNDAzUXR3eE1xR1l6WklJcGw4b2FqZmFaTUR3bk16cmtiSEJHQWpYSm1zN2FkNTZ5RjRvX3BzMW41c0JqdDBmbVZzajJXbGVXQmVIQ0JTS2tCQ0pocWpxcHBQbHMzb2lha1NSUzEyZzMxZ1NB?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018It was like an air raid\u2019: Minister halts funding for League of Ireland astro pitches after Louth derby scenes<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigJBVV95cUxOdkc0OWc2US1id01rX3Qydml0SmF0eWd0RWpJcGRzUjJaWWFFMlNkTXZEUWRVSmlzYS1ubXFxRmtvX0duNThzZ2Z2VXhwVkRSUk1ZVkJfWEszd0dfbWhCWWdBTmJjOWR5S254Q1JkZkkwWlhCck13VFQzSUNmOGhxdTJMaF9STGVVcDhhOW9wSjB5Y0NxOTZlNjVnWE9rZGNueVdEZ3Z1Uy1DYkp0bnZ0bHRsUE1EWGRxcENjWnY3QzZjMXZDQ0lNeGd6TGhGR2hudW9IeWxxbFhaNnlzSWViR3ZwLXlwQU9EemI3Z0p0WkFnbndubzlsWm03eWNoTkQ2S3dBemMwYXNmZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018Gougerism and thuggery in its worst form\u2019 \u2013 Sports Minister Patrick O\u2019Donovan issues strong warnings after Oriel Park incidents<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sports Minister wants to pause astroturf funding for League of Ireland after child was burned by a flare&nbsp;&nbsp;The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313038,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[146495,146496,1128,42,2539,43,13400,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-313037","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-astroturf","9":"tag-crowd-trouble","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-headlines","12":"tag-league-of-ireland","13":"tag-news","14":"tag-patrick-o","15":"tag-top-news","16":"tag-top-stories","17":"tag-topnews","18":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}