‘Breathtaking’ Dunne donation boosts Hoops

SHAMROCK ROVERS could play their last three Premier Division games of the season in November at their new Tallaght stadium after top businessman Ben Dunne yesterday invested a staggering €2m in the Dublin club.

Dunne, who owns Westpoint Health and Fitness centre in Blanchardstown will also build a state of the art leisure and sports centre - including a 50 metre swimming pool - behind one of the new stadium’s goalmouths.

Incorporated in this building will be a 2,000 seater stand with an all-weather jogging track also to be built around the pitch. The Rovers players will have full use of the new centre for training purposes. It is expected that up to 1,000 people per day will use the new facility.