{"id":262199,"date":"2025-07-13T18:12:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:12:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262199\/"},"modified":"2025-07-13T18:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-13T18:12:18","slug":"lamh-dhearg-clg-co-antrim-gaa-club-suffers-suspected-arson-attack-on-premises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/262199\/","title":{"rendered":"L\u00e1mh Dhearg CLG: Co Antrim GAA club suffers suspected arson attack on premises"},"content":{"rendered":"

A club shop and scoreboard have been destroyed in the fire\n<\/p>\n

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The fire in Hannahstown. Pic: Cllr Arder Carson<\/p>\n

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Pic: Cllr Arder Carson<\/p>\n

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Some of the damage following the fire. Pic: Cllr Arder Carson<\/p>\n

A suspected arson attack on a west Belfast GAA club was an example of \u201creckless stupidity\u201d, a Sinn F\u00e9in councillor has said.<\/p>\n

Damage was sustained to a club shop and scoreboard at L\u00e1mh Dhearg CLG in Hannahstown, on the outskirts of Belfast on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

Photographs taken during the incident appear to show the shop engulfed in flames.<\/p>\n

The incident comes just hours before the GAA club were set to begin their annual summer camp on the premises.<\/p>\n

It is understood the NI Fire and Rescue Service (NIFRS) attended the incident.<\/p>\n

In a statement released following the fire, L\u00e1mh Dhearg CLG said they were \u201cdeeply concerned\u201d.<\/p>\n

“As our club makes preparations for hosting a wide range of kids camps and championship games over the summer period our club facilities have been deliberately targeted this weekend,\u201d said a spokesperson.<\/p>\n

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Some of the damage following the fire. Pic: Cllr Arder Carson<\/p>\n

“Our club shop, scoreboard and Pitch in Patrons signage board which celebrated the recent opening of our new pitch were all destroyed in a fire.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe club has made great efforts in recent years to improve our club facilities for our members and local community and are deeply concerned by this act of vandalism at a time when our facilities are needed the most.<\/p>\n

“This event has made us more determined to make good the damage and to continue to provide the best facilities for the benefit of so many in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The fire in Hannahstown. Pic: Cllr Arder Carson<\/p>\n

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Councillor Alder Carson, who posted pictures from the incident to his Facebook page, said the incident should be \u201ccondemned without reservation\u201d.<\/p>\n

“L\u00e1mh Dhearg supported by it members and the local community work relentlessly to provide top class facilities and services that give hope and opportunity to young and old alike,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

“This is an attack on everyone of them.<\/p>\n

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\u201cLighting any fire in in the open air in this weather beggars belief but this is a different level of reckless stupidity.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnyone who has any information should bring it forward so that those responsible can be brought to account.\u201d<\/p>\n

The PSNI has been approached for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A club shop and scoreboard have been destroyed in the fire The fire in Hannahstown. Pic: Cllr Arder…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":262200,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5011],"tags":[13697,1300,1144,1610,16,15,6110],"class_list":{"0":"post-262199","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-northern-ireland","8":"tag-antrim-gaa","9":"tag-liam-tunney","10":"tag-northern-ireland","11":"tag-police-service-of-northern-ireland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-west-belfast-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114847281744034067","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=262199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/262199\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/262200"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=262199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=262199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=262199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}