New winter sports arena aiming to bring Madison Square Garden experience to Ireland

Plan is for a build that will consist of two multi-purpose ice rinks, one catering to over 8,000 people, that will serve as home to an ice hockey team that will rival the Belfast Giants and play in the same British professional league down the line

What an Irish winter sporting facility could be. The Olympic Federation of Ireland, which sourced its own feasibility study on a similar facility just two years ago, is backing the plans for a venue that could be a game-changer for the country

Dublin has two internationally-renowned stadiums, 50m swimming pools and a national sports campus that continues to add various pieces to its jigsaw of offerings. A cricket ground and a velodrome are even now in the process of being built.

The days of the city lagging miles behind the rest of the developed world for the sort of infrastructure that should be taken for granted are over, but there is one yawning gap in the market that may well be filled in the next few years.