Corofin GAA Club has condemned a serious incident of criminal damage at their Páirc Finne facility in the town.
In a post on their social media, the club slammed the ‘cowardly vandals’ who drove a vehicle onto the club’s pitch last night.
Extensive damage was caused to the pitch after a vehicle drove around the surface several times. A video circulated on social media also shows damage to goal posts.
Gardaí are investigating the incident.
The club’s Facebook post reads: “Despite huge work being put in to maintaining our fantastic facilities at Páirc Finne, it is very disappointing to see the disgraceful act of vandalism which happened overnight.
Corofin GAA Club will not be perturbed by the acts of these cowardly vandals and we will work on restoring our facilities to their proper state, so that they can continue to be used by our community.
This matter is being fully investigated by the Gardaí. If anyone has any information in connection with last night’s act of vandalism, please contact the Gardaí.”
As a result of the damage caused to the playing field, today’s U21 B football semi-final between St Breckans and Clooney-Quin, due to be played at Páirc Finne today, was switched to the Banner GAA grounds.
Meanwhile, a vehicle reported to have been stolen in Ennistymon on Friday evening was found burnt out in the grounds of the old CBS school in the town early this morning. The discovery was made at around 7.30am today.
It’s not yet clear however whether there’s a connection between the two incidents.
