Louth and Tipp fume over funding snub

FBD Semple Stadium ahead of the Allianz Hurling League final between Kilkenny and Clare ©INPHO/Laszlo Geczo

Louth and Tipperary GAA have been left reeling by their failure to secure Government funding in the latest round of Large Scale Infrastructure Grants.

While GAA-related projects received €50m in total, neither Louth nor Tipp were successful in their applications for funding for their proposed new stadium and FBD Semple Stadium respectively. It’s believed that Louth had sought €7.2m for their long-awaited stadium project in Dundalk which is going to cost an estimated €23.5 million to develop, while Tipp had looked for €4 million to maintain and upgrade Semple Stadium.

All applications submitted under the LSSIF Fund were required to have the prioritised endorsement of a National Governing Body for Sport (NGB) or a Local Authority. This prioritisation was one of a number of factors taken into account in the assessment and ultimate ranking of projects.