Junior Minister for Sport Says Only "Idiots" Responsible Should be Punished for Damaging League of Ireland Pitches - 26/02/2026

The Junior Minister for Sport says only the "idiots" responsible should be punished for damaging League of Ireland pitches.Charlie McConalogue disagreed with Sports Minister Patrick O'Donovan's suggestion of a collective punishment over the issue.It came after significant damage was done to the playing surface of Oriel Park in Dundalk following the throwing of flares at a recent game.Minister McConalogue says a blanket approach to something like this won't work.Minister McConalogue joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.