An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Dail Éireann — 2025-05-13
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

My late grandfather, who I never got to know, was from Arodstown in County Meath. The last time Meath won a Leinster final was in 1957, the year it won the all-Ireland football final against Cork. As a child, we were reared on the one that got away, among others. We genuinely wish Louth continued success. Clearly, as the Gospel says, it is now ambitious for higher things, so now it wants the stadium to go along with the football success.
I know a lot of work has been done by the Louth county board to establish a county stadium. There will be a new iteration of the large-scale infrastructural fund although it has not yet been put together. I will talk to the Minister for sport on this issue and indeed in respect of other projects that want to be considered. A lot of fundraising has already been carried out successfully in Louth but State support will also be sought.

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Sitting date: 2025-05-13