New indoor velodrome to open its doors in Limerick by 2027

The availability of two facilities will negate the need for Ireland’s international track cyclists to spend vast amounts of time training abroad.

An artist's impression of the new velodrome set to be built on the northside of Limerick city.

Turns out velodromes are like buses. You wait years, decades, for one to be built and then two of them get greenlit in the space of a month.

A National Velodrome and Badminton Centre boasting a 25-metre cycle track and 12 badminton courts at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin was given the go-ahead to go to tender at the start of the month.