'Belgian fifth division club has better infrastructure than Shamrock Rovers' - New report shows where LOI needs work

Hans Vander Elst, director of football at Double Pass, was taken aback when he saw League of Ireland leaders Shamrock Rovers changing in prefabs at their Roadstone training base.

Victor Ozhianvuna during a Shamrock Rovers training session at Roadstone Group Sports Club. Photo by Tyler Miller/Sportsfile

Time for words has ended. Time for action is nigh.

An auditing report undertaken by Belgian specialists Double Pass was the last element requested by the Government to justify an average annual €8m of taxpayers’ funds being pumped into Irish football.