{"id":493699,"date":"2026-06-11T04:57:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/493699\/"},"modified":"2026-06-11T04:57:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T04:57:11","slug":"county-board-appeal-for-witnesses-after-new-e24m-gaa-stadium-is-damaged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/493699\/","title":{"rendered":"County board appeal for witnesses after new \u20ac24m GAA stadium is damaged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new county ground will have a 14,000-seat capacity when completed<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Louth GAA's new stadium in Dundalk\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/0_Screenshot-2026-06-10-at-131725.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Louth GAA's new stadium in Dundalk\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Louth GAA&#8217;s new stadium in Dundalk<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Louth GAA have hit out after &#8216;property damage&#8217; at their new stadium in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/dundalk\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Dundalk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">It&#8217;s believed the damage was caused over the weekend at the Marshes Upper, Inner Relief Road venue.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/sport\/gaa\/croke-park-wait-finer-details-30225947\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">The new county ground will have a 14,000-seat capacity when completed<\/a>. Louth GAA hope to have phase one completed later this year, by which time the ground will be open for business and ready to host 6,000 spectators.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/louth-gaa\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Louth county board<\/a> have appealed for witnesses after the act of vandalism.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;There was some property damage carried out at our new stadium in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/dundalk\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Dundalk<\/a> over the weekend,&#8221; said <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/all-about\/louth-gaa\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Louth GAA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;We would ask everyone who lives in or is in the vicinity of the stadium to please keep an eye out. If you see anyone on the site or notice any suspicious activity, please report it to Louth GAA immediately.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Thank you for your cooperation and continued support in helping to protect our facilities.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The \u20ac24m project with Ganson Group will provide an initial 6,000-capacity, modern, and fully operational venue for county teams and the community.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An impression of Louth's proposed stadium in Dundalk\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1_Louth-GAAPNG.png\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"An impression of Louth's proposed stadium in Dundalk\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">An impression of Louth&#8217;s proposed stadium in Dundalk(Image: Twitter: Louth GAA)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The cost is more than double the initial \u20ac12m forecast. A total of \u20ac18m was secured to fund the project and Louth are relying on funding from Croke Park to make up at least some of the \u20ac7m shortfall.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The entire construction period is expected to last approximately 16 months, with the stadium ready to host games with an initial capacity of approximately 6,000 spectators upon completion of Phase One.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">That initial phase includes the south seated stand (4080 seats), a full-size playing pitch built to the highest standards, modern floodlighting, east and west standing sections behind both goals, car parking and auxiliary building for essential facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Development of phase two will commence as funding allows, featuring the north standing terrace, which will further enhance the stadium\u2019s capacity and facilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishmirror.ie\/newsletter-preference-centre\/?view=Solus&amp;mailingListId=b1ea692a-d5b9-4239-b4e4-d4296e9f32c1&amp;utm_source=solusarticle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Click here to sign up to our sport newsletter, bringing you the top stories and biggest headlines from Ireland and beyond<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new county ground will have a 14,000-seat capacity when completed Louth GAA&#8217;s new stadium in Dundalk Louth&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":493700,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[9690,4183,61,60,100935,112],"class_list":["post-493699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-dundalk","tag-gaa","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-louth-gaa","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493699","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=493699"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493699\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}