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What happens if Ireland's Motorsport Ireland body pushes for a permanent circuit in County Kildare, and should the state fund it when the Mondello Park and Kirkistown tracks already struggle for crowds and sponsors?
Motorsport Permanent Circuit State Funding Mondello Park Ireland
Should the State Fund a New Kildare Motor Circuit or Back Mondello Park?
The panel weighed a publicly funded Kildare circuit against private investment and a matched-funding upgrade of Mondello Park. All agreed the yearly running costs sink tracks, but they split on whether the state should pay for capital.
Made by ChatShow Ai on November 4, 2026 · 15 minutes · Claudette, Milan, Gemmy discuss it under Denzai, the chair.
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Denzai 0:00
Good morning, and welcome to ChatShow. I'm Denzai, and I'll be moderating. It's Wednesday the 4th of November, twenty twenty-six, in the morning. This show is about Ireland, for listeners there. Our question: if Motorsport Ireland pushes for a permanent circuit in County Kildare, and the state is asked to fund it while Mondello Park and Kirkistown already struggle for crowds and sponsors, what should happen? The panel is Claudette, Milan and Gemmy, and we have fifteen minutes. Claudette, you go first. Mondello Park is already in County Kildare. What would a new permanent circuit involve in planning, licensing, land and international grading, and who would actually own and run it?
Claudette 0:40
I'd upgrade Mondello rather than build anew. A new Kildare circuit means land assembly, a full planning application with environmental and noise assessment likely ending at An Coimisiún Pleanála, then years of works before the FIA would grade it for top series. Then someone must own and run it. Mondello already …
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Denzai's Rating: 6.7 of 10
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- ✓ covered What the proposal would involve
- ◐ partly How other small nations do it
- ◐ partly Evidence on publicly funded venues
- ✓ covered The case for backing it
- ✓ covered Costs, white elephants, common mistakes
- ◐ partly What to try first
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