Delaney sees new Dalymount as Ireland’s Euro 2020 legacy

A redeveloped Dalymount Park being shared by Bohemians and Shelbourne — that’s John Delaney’s vision of what would constitute part of the legacy of Dublin’s hosting of games at the Euro 2020 finals.

In the immediate afterglow of the capital city being named one of the hosts for the tournament in six years’ time, the FAI boss revealed his hopes for a new life for the former national stadium which was once, as he put it, “the soul of Irish football”.

With their respective home grounds of Dalymount and Tolka Park in varying states of disrepair, it’s believed that Bohemians and Shelbourne have previously held informal discussions about a possible ground share, and Delaney yesterday indicated he now intends to actively push for that outcome.