Dundalk owner John Temple proclaims 'circus is finished' after club handed LOI license

Dundalk FC chairman John Temple during a press conference at Oriel Park.

Dundalk were belatedly handed a League of Ireland license on Thursday - and owner John Temple proclaimed that the "circus was finished" at Oriel Park.

The other 21 clubs across the three League of Ireland divisons were awarded licenses last week but Dundalk were handed an extension to allow them to prove the finances were in place to run the club and that their debt was being managed.