A sports club in Dublin says it doesn't know how long it will take to repair the most recent act of vandalism on its pitches.
Tallaght Rugby Club has several facilities in the area and last week a car was driven onto their pitch at Tymon and set alight.
It's part of a spate of vandalism including bins and containers being set on fire, and scramblers being driven on the pitches.
Over the last number of months our club has been at the receiving end of several anti social behaviour incidents which has led to our club property and council provided pitches being damaged. pic.twitter.com/AJJkwLlIzQ
— Tallaght RFC (@TallaghtRFC) May 12, 2021
Emma Louise Doyle from Tallaght RFC says a car knocked down the goal posts on one pitch recently, and it was then set alight:
"Recently, our volunteers and members went down to the Firhouse pitch to clean it up ahead of the training with youths.
"They cleared up all the rubbish… and set it out for the council to clear up. Unfortunately, someone took it upon themselves to bring the wheelie bin back over to our containers and set it alight.
"It’s very frustrating. In February, a scrambler managed to access the pitch in Tymon and tear it apart. During the previous lockdown,our containers in Firhouse were vandalised."
The club says it won't be able to host any matches for adults or children, as restrictions ease, due to the damage.
