Leitrim community group call out ‘extremely angering’ treatment of new public field

Volunteers at Dromahair Community Park have called for more respect to be shown to the field after “extremely angering and disappointing” treatment of the local amenity.

In 2024, around €178,000 was awarded to Dromahair Arts and Recreation Centre to support the upgrade of the community field.

“After years of effort and fundraising to get the grass pitch to this stage of redevelopment, it is extremely angering and disappointing to see the lack of respect being shown to the new surface,” said Dromahair Arts and Recreation Centre Development in a post on its Facebook page condemning the damage to the field.

The post shows pictures taken of the new field with damage from tyres clearly visible.

“There are tracks from bikes, e-scooters and footprints where people have accessed the pitch as well as debris left from fireworks which were set off recently.”

“Not only this, there is quite a lot of dog excrement on the pitch - this is a reminder that all dogs visiting the park must be kept on a lead. It is very disheartening as volunteers to see how little regard there is for the efforts being put into improving the facilities for the community.”

“We ask that all visitors to Dromahair Community Park act with consideration and respect going forward. Thank you.”