Nowhere to Hyde as Roscommon's stadium woes rumble on

“It makes the future look rosy,” said then Roscommon chairman Michael Fahy after the county board assumed control of Hyde Park in March, 2014.

Following an EGM of the Roscommon Gaels club, agreement was reached to hand over the keys of the county’s premier ground to the county board and, in the process, bring to a close a long-running saga between the two parties.

Top brass hailed a momentous breakthrough, waxing lyrically about how the county could now access Croke Park funds to upgrade playing and spectating facilities at the grounds. “We are very conscious of the way the stadium has deteriorated over the last 20 years or so. It is in dire need of an utter revamp,” remarked Fahy at the time.