{"id":351777,"date":"2026-02-23T08:33:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/351777\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T08:33:11","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T08:33:11","slug":"drogheda-and-dundalk-speak-out-after-12-year-old-sustains-burns-to-face-from-pyrotechnics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/351777\/","title":{"rendered":"Drogheda and Dundalk speak out after 12-year-old sustains burns to face from pyrotechnics"},"content":{"rendered":"

DROGHEDA AND DUNDALK have condemned the actions of a \u201cminority of individuals\u201d following crowd trouble during their match at Oriel Park<\/a> on Friday night.<\/p>\n

Flares thrown in the crowd resulted in an injury to a 12-year-old supporter, who sustained burns to his face, while damage was also caused to Dundalk\u2019s new pitch.<\/p>\n

A statement added: \u201cWe are relieved that no further injuries occurred and extend our sincere thanks to the Order of Malta [Ambulance Corps] for their swift and professional response. Drogheda United FC officials have been in contact with the family and are offering their full support.<\/p>\n

\u201cBoth clubs would like to remind supporters of the dangers of pyrotechnics usage and the throwing of missiles inside stadia, which is illegal and strictly prohibited at all League of Ireland fixtures.\u201d<\/p>\n

It continued: \u201cBoth clubs will fully cooperate with An Garda S\u00edoch\u00e1na in relation to any investigation and will engage constructively with the FAI disciplinary process. Dundalk FC is currently assessing the full extent of the damage caused, and appropriate steps will be taken in response.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Saturday,\u00a0The 42 reported that Drogheda fans face the prospect of a stadium ban<\/a> for their next away game<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DROGHEDA AND DUNDALK have condemned the actions of a \u201cminority of individuals\u201d following crowd trouble during their match…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":351778,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[9,10,51759,162671,23663,18,13,14,6,19,17,11,12,6435,6436,15,16,5,4335,7,8],"class_list":["post-351777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-breaking-news","tag-breakingnews","tag-criticism","tag-drogheda-united","tag-dundalk","tag-eire","tag-featured-news","tag-featurednews","tag-headlines","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-latest-news","tag-latestnews","tag-league-of-ireland","tag-loi","tag-main-news","tag-mainnews","tag-news","tag-soccer","tag-top-stories","tag-topstories"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116119024861462868","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=351777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/351778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=351777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=351777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=351777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}