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This afternoon.

Further to reports of the scrapping of the planned demolition and rebuild of Dalymount Park…

…Dublin City Council writes:

“We would like to clarify that, contrary to some media reports today, there has been no change in the preferred and planned redevelopment of Dalymount Park into a six-thousand-seater facility with ancillary community facilities.

“All stakeholders have always been aware, and particularly in light of ongoing inflationary pressures, that should costs escalate to an unsustainable level there would need to be alternative options on the historic site.

“These options could potentially involve redesign and would utilise all studies and works already undertaken and stay within the current funding mechanism. The demolition of the disused Connaught St Stand is currently out to tender which follows the demolition of the Des Kelly Stand.

“In respect of Tolka Park, negotiations are ongoing with Shelbourne FC acquiring the site from Dublin City Council on a cost recovery basis.”

Meanwhile…

Boehemians FC said:

“The Board of Bohemian FC has always been aware, as with any project funded by public monies, that should costs escalate to an unsustainable level that there would need to be alternative options on the historic site.

“These options could potentially involve redesign and would utilise all studies and works already undertaken and stay within the funding mechanism of LSSIF and DCC as combined sources.

“Such a redesign could also deliver a higher capacity facility without the need for a long period out of Dalymount Park where we have played continuously since 1901.”

Fight!

Bob Marley at Dalymount Park, July 6, 1980 against a Haile Selassie backdrop

Any excuse

Bob Marley Dublin July 6, 1980 (Rootfire)

Pic Eddie Malin

Halie Selassie?

This evening.

Near Dalymount Park, Phobsborough, Dublin 7.

Football fans light flares as they are escorted by the Garda Public Order Unit directly to Dalymount Park football stadium, ahead of tonight’s Bohemians vs Rovers FAI Cup semi-final match. A Garda ban on overtime was lifted in order to provide coverage for the match.

Shamrock Rovers outclass rivals Bohs to book FAI Cup final berth (RTÉ)

Sam Boal/RollingNews

This afternoon

Phibsboro, Dublin

Further to Tesco’s efforts to halt redevelopment of Phibsboro Shopping Centre/Dalymount Park…..

Paul McCarthy writes:

Voting underway in Phibsboro as a community decides how to fight back against a supermarket that sees fit to hold back vital development. #Texit

Previously: They’re Big On Your Community

Tally update:

This evening.

Paul writes:

81 votes cast between 14:15 -16:15PM. Phibsboro favors standing up to Tesco. Watch this space it seems…

Grunge-soaked ‘revellers’ at the Sunstroke Festival in Dalymount Park, 1994

Beyond football, the social history of the ground has included numerous musical festivals and concerts. Most famously, Bob Marley played there in July 1980. The inimitable Pat Egan booked some unforgettable line-ups at the venue, including Meat Loaf supported by poet John Cooper Clarke.

More forgotten is Sunstroke, an attempt to establish an annual grunge-focused festival in the early 1990s. Bringing Sonic Youth and Faith No More to Phibsboro, the noise level was a little much for local residents, and the festival was moved to the RDS.

No other football pitch in Dublin has been graced by both Zinedine Zidane and Brendan Behan (a participant in a charity kickabout in the 1950s)….

…Perhaps a redeveloped Dalymount Park could be the ideal home for a museum dedicated to the story of Irish football.

The Redevelopment of Dalymount Park Offers a Chance to Remember Its Rich History (Donal Fallon, The Dublin Inquirer)