Louth GAA chairman Peter Fitzpatrick remains confident ahead of crunch Croke Park meeting

By Paul Byrne

Louth GAA Chairman Peter Fitzpatrickinsisted that the new county stadium is still on track despite what seemed like a major setback over the weekend when the County board were ordered to postpone their formal stadium construction launch. The site for the new stadium which is just off the Inner Relief Road across from DkIt Sport has already been levelled and work on the building of the stadium was due to begin on Monday.

Speaking to the Dundalk Leader ahead of crunch talks with Croke Park officials yesterday evening, Fitzpatrick admitted that there had been worries from Croke Park regarding the stadium but he stated that he was confident that all of their concerns could be ironed out during the meeting which was scheduled to take place at 5pm yesterday evening at GAA headquarters.

“There has been a lot of noise and negativity over the last couple of days but I just want to say that this stadium will be built and I look forward to meeting Croke Park officials this evening to sort this out.

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