“Non ho nulla contro l’hockey su ghiaccio, ma non ho mai incontrato nessuno che chiedesse a gran voce una pista”
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/i-have-nothing-against-ice-hockey-but-ive-never-met-anyone-crying-out-for-a-rink-councillors-at-odds-over-200m-ice-hockey-arena-in-south-dublin/a1803589157.html
di alienstakenote
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God forbid Cherrywood gets a bit of character
It is an interesting idea… Could be fun.
It should have adequate amenities & community facilities before it gets high end venues for niche sports, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you can’t have both
well….what the hey, why not suck at another sport…..
I too hate fun
the local hockey stadium here is used more for big concerts than ice hockey. there is a proper national hockey league here. how many visiting teams will be playing in Cherrywood.
another venue for concerts would be nice though but I don’t see it breaking the monopoly.
I’d buy a season ticket and bring my kid.
Whilst the bridge connecting the two sides should remain a priority, an outcry against a diversification of sport offerings is such a stupid thing.
Whenever there are rinks open during Christmas people flock to them. Having one year around, that would also offer the opportunity for new sports to be introduced such as Ice Hockey, especially considering a growing expat population from the US and Canada, is a great thing.
If nobody ever cried out for a rink then who are the people looking to get it built?
Definitely not my place to have an opinion on this since it’s far too nuanced for me, but I would suggest if you haven’t watched ice hockey you give it a try as it’s a fun sport. I’ve seen the Belfast Giants play before and it was quite fun.
Ireland has a national ice hockey team that won the development cup last time that was played. That tournament is open to nations that don’t have an arena in their country.
RINK! FECK! ARSE!
>“There are strong calls from the community with regard to the timely delivery of essential services and civic spaces like a GP, dentist, pharmacy, leisure and cultural spaces,” said Senior Planner for DLR, Vivienne Byrne.
The Ice Hockey arena will be a leisure and cultural place. Any arena I’ve been to has had cafes and other hospitality stuff around and they will rent the venue to anyone who wants to do other sports or even have concerts. We need more mid sized venues in this country.
The councilors should have made the bridge part of the planning if they were so worried about people not being able to access the shops, no bridge no apartments, they fucked up and are now blaming the developers.
Look, a man slipped on ice once and made the evening news.
This is not for us.
People – “Ice hockey isn’t played because there isn’t an ice hockey rink”
National sports – “let’s build and ice hockey rink”
People – “ahhh that’s not played by anyone”
Maybe people might start playing it?
I was at an ice hockey match in Belfast for the first time in my life on Saturday and I’ve never seen the sport before in my life.
It was probably the most fun I’ve had watching a sport in years
I know we don’t like joined up thinking in Ireland, but surely making the current luas bridge accessible to pedestrians would be a fairly easy compromise?
If only we had a an U15 Ice Hockey team who were in Canada at the weekend winning an Ice Hockey tournament despite only being able to practice once every two weeks in Belfast. Oh wait,[we do!!](https://www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/video/2026/03/30/going-home-with-gold/)
Imagine what they could achieve with access to a closer facility with better availability??
200million? Remember the white water rafting facility that would’ve costed 25million? Everyone was up in arms over it, calling it a vanity project. How is this any different?
What a load of nonsense. Learn to skate classes in the pop up rinks are sold out every season. There are actually a lot of skaters from the republic (ice hockey enthusiasts and figure skaters) who even venture every week to skate in Belfast, I know skaters who come from as far away as Cork. Some of these guys compete in international recreational competitions for crying out loud. There is talent and dedication for this sport but that needs actual facilities for us to have any kind of success.
why would anyone be against this ? I grew up in a city with an ice rink. Every Saturday would be spent meeting friends amd learning to skate. Really great for kids to have another activity/sport.
You’d be surprised who would play. Id easily give it a shot, sadly getting into Ice Hockey is horrifically expensive.
I’ve loads of Dutch mates living here who played in their home cities in beer leagues.
Every year there are a load of temporary rinks set up across the country.
And you don’t think the people of a city would use it?
Sure some of it will be the same 50 guys playing their ice hockey in a league.
Some will also be ice skaters trying to be the next big thing on ice.
But it would get used.
And why can’t we have nice things?
I know I guy who has to drive to the north to play ice hockey. And I don’t know many guys.
I used to go to a place in Guildford as a kid called The Spectrum which had an indoor waterpark, massive bowing alley and full sized ice rink. Was da bomb for kids birthday parties, you could do all three in an afternoon!
I’d love to take my kids to an ice rink in Cherrywood. We drive up from wicklow for things like Jumpzone etc. I doubt we’d ever have a competitive ice hockey team but I’d watch a a game if one was on. (Only for the fighting)
I’m just saying, if Ireland developed a national ice hockey program and went the route of the Brits, Italy, and other European countries developing sports popular in North America…Ireland would have probably the 3rd most dominant team in the world.
This is a great idea.
I’ve gone to the Christmas ones and while everyone here is talking ice hockey to me it would be a place for Irish figure skating and speed skating to flourish as well.
Would be nice if our aspiring Winter Olympics athletes to have something close to home.
The Mighty Ducks dreams of a lot of mid 30s to late 40s people are still alive!
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