St Pats pitch is the best in the county and has more parking there than anything outside Navan and Dunganny. There is little parking at Trim-you can get into the pitch but its very difficult to get out. You would need a new road!! maybe two extra exits. On health and safety why was the grass areas closed as they are the safest in any grounds. I would rather fall on grass than concrete. Some of the guys dealing with H & S issues have little experience and are relying on very little knowledge. Hopefully there is a good job done on the main stand whenever works are started/completed.

browncows (Meath) - Posts: 2342 - 03/11/2015 17:51:15    1804162

Wouldn't mind seeing a few new pitches being rolled out across the county rather than a new stadium. Get the young lads and lassies out punting ball

bert09 (Meath) - Posts: 1790 - 03/11/2015 19:24:38    1804198

Can anyone answer me this - has the county board ever come out and answered all the questions surrounding this issue? All I've ever heard is the health & safety line trotted out, but I've never seen a proper, detailed explanation of the problem, how it arose, when it'll be fixed & at what cost. Has this ever been addressed at county meetings? I've seen nothing in the press.

SmallHouse (Meath) - Posts: 291 - 12/11/2015 15:25:54    1806834

No , nobody wants to give a definitive explanation whatsoever

royalpainter (Meath) - Posts: 874 - 13/11/2015 19:44:36    1807150

There is a written statement dated 13th Nov 2015 from Meath GAA on the LMFMRadio Twitter account twice today which states, among other things,that 'Croke Park have agreed in principle to fund this restoring of the floodlights but insist that a rigorous tendering process be carried out for the re-installation works and that Meath GAA are currently engaged in this tendering process'.
it is unknown what the position of the people who put them up initially in June 2006 is although there are extensive photos on John Quirke photographer website of these works back in June 2006.
http://www.quirke.ie/catalog/photolibrary.php?galery=852
There is no timeline for the restoration of the floodlights but realistically its now the 2nd half of November. If v.cold/Winter weather comes you can hardly pour concrete bases if required. So my guess would be that the 31 January home League game under lights in Pairc Tailteann is extremely unlikely at this stage for obvious H&S reasons, etc

meath1967 (Meath) - Posts: 56 - 15/11/2015 18:43:04    1807454

The statement left more questions than answers, many of which have been raised here.

- Why wasn't the work done to a proper standard in first place & who oversaw it?
- Why aren't the company who did the work liable to fix the problem?
- How much will the repairs cost Meath GAA? I doubt Croke Park is footing entire bill.
- When will the tendering process be completed & from that point, how long will it take to get the lights back up?

I thought it was a bit weak that someone from County Board wouldn't go on and answer these questions properly instead of putting out a statement which skipped over a lot of issues.

SmallHouse (Meath) - Posts: 291 - 16/11/2015 09:03:18    1807503

Sadly this is what we've come to expect from this county board, ie if you're lucky enough to even get an answer or a statement chances are they're going to be vague and curt. I have no doubt they took over after a long string of disastrous county boards and that leaves them in a difficult spot, I acknowledge that but surely a bit of open engagement and frank answers would be better than the disrespectful cloak and dagger approach they're so fond of.

Htaem (Meath) - Posts: 8657 - 16/11/2015 10:24:19    1807520

Seeing as we've a midweek home O'Byrne Cup game at the beginning of January, where will that be played? Ashbourne?

Ratoath Royal (Meath) - Posts: 1362 - 16/11/2015 11:28:20    1807534

God knows...you'd think some of those questions would have been addressed in the statement, but alas...

SmallHouse (Meath) - Posts: 291 - 16/11/2015 12:31:21    1807560

The full list of League fixtures released today has Meath v Armagh now down as 2pm on Sunday so looks like the lights are not going to be up in time

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 16/11/2015 16:55:15    1807660

The first two questions that smallhouse fields,well its incredibly that they have not been answered.The whole thing is odd..

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 16/11/2015 17:36:50    1807672

Our delegate told us that before the All Ireland U21 Final that was fixed for Navan H&S had to ok the place and when they checked the lights they found one of them not to be up to the standard required with poor remedial repair work evident and with rust and cracks on the the foundations and bolts. The game was then moved from Navan. Further checks revealed problems with the other 3 lights and they all had to be taken down to enable Club matches to be played over the Summer.This he told us was stated at County Board meeting back in Summer.

numberedjerseys (USA) - Posts: 348 - 16/11/2015 18:38:02    1807696

Yes but in this day and age why were they bandy?(for want of a better word),and who constructed them in the first place?

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 16/11/2015 19:34:17    1807711

Seems to me pretty shoddy work back in 2006. Hard to blame the 2015 crew for that

Brownepat (Meath) - Posts: 532 - 16/11/2015 19:45:45    1807716

Yes but whatever company were involved would have to be looked at seriously.You are brought in to do a job for a football stadium,you would think you would make sure its done right! They should be named and shamed..

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 16/11/2015 20:25:29    1807730

No surprise that i agree with htaem here. But also the question of where the midweek O'Byrne game is going to be played?

royaldunne (Meath) - Posts: 19449 - 17/11/2015 11:22:37    1807851

Who are we playing in the midweek O'Byrne Cup game? I think our first game is away anyway. Ashbourne would not be a bad choice..

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 17/11/2015 11:57:26    1807866

All of Meaths league home fixtures have been put down for sunday at 2pm

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 17/11/2015 14:06:49    1807940

Now appears that other works on redeveloping the ground have to be taken into consideration as per Francis Flynn, if we are going to see s new stand and terraces put in I'd nearly do without the lights for a while

Richieq (Meath) - Posts: 3734 - 17/11/2015 16:00:04    1807993

Agreed Rich!

ziggy32001 (Meath) - Posts: 8354 - 17/11/2015 16:01:28    1807996