Dublin City Council deny change of plan for Dalymount Park redevelopment

Dublin City Council have denied reports that a decision has been taken to change the plan for the refurbishment of Dalymount Park.

A report in the Irish Daily Star this morning stated that DCC were revising their ambitions for the stadium, which would lead to maintaining the current Jodi Stand and building two new seating structures.

The Dalymount redevelopment, which is projected to cost €34.3m in conjunction with the redevelopment of Phibsborough Shopping Centre, has been hit by delays.

That costing is likely to rise considerably given the price of material and labour has jumped markedly.

The government awarded funding of €918,750 in January 2020 to facilitate the appointment of architects, engineers and a design team to work alongside project managers to bring the proposal forward.

In a statement, the council said that process is close to completion and only then will an update be provided.

Dublin City Council are also in talks with Shelbourne and St Patrick's Athletic over help with refurbishing of their stadiums.

Shels are set to take back ownership of Tolka Park following a move by their new owners.

Dublin City Council stated: "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 6,000-seater facility with ancillary community facilities.

"The project is at an important juncture where the appointed design team of IDOM/Gilroy MacMahon are close to completion of the preliminary design and an order of magnitude will be provided in the coming weeks.

"Underground investigations are to be conducted on site over the next week. Once this information is available the design team will have a good understanding of the