Ireland's Padel Map, October 2026: 346 Courts After a Busy September

Published 2 October 2026. This is our monthly report on Irish padel, covering September 2026. Every venue below was checked against a live booking system, an official planning record or the operator's own site. Last month's edition: September 2026.

The numbers at 2 October

	1 September	2 October	Change
Open courts, all-island	302	346	+44
Open venues, all-island	88	97	+9
Republic of Ireland	194	230	+36
Northern Ireland	108	116	+8
Courts per 100,000 people (Republic)	3.77	4.47	+0.70

We track 147 locations in total. Beyond the 97 open venues, another 50 are being built, have planning permission or are waiting on a decision. In the Republic alone that verified pipeline adds up to 97 courts.

Since this report was published: on 11 October we added Padel W in Waterford (eight indoor courts, under construction) to the pipeline, and on 16 October we found Ballyhass Padel near Mallow open and taking bookings. That takes the island to 350 open courts at 98 venues and the Republic to 234 (4.54 per 100,000). By 16 October we tracked 148 locations, and the Republic's verified pipeline was 101 courts. On 24 October we added 16 schemes with planning permission to the tracker and moved two Padel 100 sites with withdrawn planning applications (Radisson Blu Sligo and Nenagh) to unverified, taking the tracker to 164 locations and the Republic's verified pipeline to 140 courts. The table above shows the position on 2 October.

Of the 37 courts that came onto the map during September, 28 are indoor. That matters going into winter: an indoor slot booked for a November evening is a slot you actually get to play.

Opened in September

Meath's first venue: Indoor Padel Ireland, Navan

Indoor Padel Ireland opened on Tuesday 22 September at Unit 4, Mullaghboy Industrial Estate, Navan (C15 AD9E). Until then Meath had no padel at all. It has six indoor courts, five doubles and one singles. Doubles are €48 an hour and singles €30, open 7am–11pm every day, with Intro to Padel sessions at €35. See where to play padel in Meath.

West Wood Leopardstown: eight indoor courts, members only

West Wood Club opened its air dome at Leopardstown Racecourse, Dublin 18, in September. It has eight indoor courts: five doubles, one singles and two competition courts. That makes it the largest indoor padel venue in Dublin. Booking is for members only, though members can bring guests. See where to play padel in Dublin for venues anyone can book.

Let's Go Padel: Strabane and Weavers Cross

Let's Go Padel Strabane opened on Friday 25 September at 8 Dublin Road Industrial Estate (BT82 9EA). It has four indoor courts, two doubles and two singles. Doubles are £24–32 an hour and singles £16–18. The operator's Instagram had said "coming this Friday" a week earlier, but the booking system showed no slots until the 25th, so that is the date we use. Tyrone now has 17 courts across four venues.

Let's Go Padel Weavers Cross in Belfast is also taking bookings, with four indoor courts (two doubles, two singles). We could not establish its exact opening date.

Monaghan's second venue

Padel 100 at Monaghan United FC has three outdoor panoramic courts and is bookable on Playtomic. Monaghan now has four courts across two venues, which puts it fifth in the Republic for courts per head on the 2 October figures. See where to play padel in Monaghan.

Two venues grew

• Banner Padel, Ennis: 3 → 6 courts. The soft opening is over and all six indoor courts can be booked. See Clare.
• PadelZone Celbridge: 5 → 8 courts. The booking system now lists eight indoor doubles courts. See Kildare.

Added to the map, but not new

Two Dublin venues joined the tracker in September even though they did not open in September:

• Halpenny Padel at the Halpenny Golf Driving Range by Dublin Airport has four outdoor courts at €40 an hour. It opened in late August and we missed it in last month's count.
• Charleville Lawn Tennis Club in Drumcondra, Dublin 9, has two courts at a members' club. It is an existing venue we had not listed, and we don't know when its courts opened.

Just opened: Park Padel at Waterpark RFC, Waterford

Park Padel at Waterpark Rugby Club, Ballinakill (X91 C822), opened at the start of October. All four outdoor courts were bookable on Playtomic when we checked on 2 October. Courts are €20 an hour early in the morning and €30 at other times, with free parking and changing rooms.

The new venue takes Waterford to 10 courts across three venues, or 7.9 per 100,000 people. That moves the county from joint 11th to 3rd in the Republic for courts per head, behind Limerick and Westmeath. See where to play padel in Waterford and the full County Padel Density League.

Also added this month: Project Padel Mullingar

Project Padel Mullingar, at Mullingar Business Park, Co. Westmeath (N91 THF3), has three courts and was open when we checked on 2 October, with bookings on its Rallyd page. It was previously missing from our tracker, and we don't know when it opened. Courts are €40–48 an hour on Rallyd. The booking page does not say whether the courts are indoor or outdoor, so the court type is not confirmed.

It takes Westmeath to 8 courts across three venues, or 8.3 per 100,000 people, which moves the county from 8th to 2nd in the Republic for courts per head, behind Limerick. See where to play padel in Westmeath.

Also open: Ballyhass Padel, Mallow

Ballyhass Padel, at Ballyhass Lakes, Cecilstown, near Mallow, Co. Cork (P51 N990), has four outdoor courts and was open and taking bookings on Playtomic when we checked on 16 October. On 2 October its Playtomic page had no bookable slots, so we don't know the exact date it opened. A court was €45 for an hour on a Friday evening, and the club is running beginner socials and a six-week Learn to Padel course.

It takes Cork to 19 courts across four venues, or 3.3 per 100,000 people, which moves the county from 20th to 16th in the Republic for courts per head. See where to play padel in Cork.

Planning: what got the go-ahead in September

• Swords Pavilions, Co. Dublin: a scheme including 10 padel courts. Fingal refused it in March because the land was reserved for MetroLink. It was granted on a fresh application on 8 September, a temporary five-year permission, once MetroLink confirmed it did not need the land.
• Coes Road, Dundalk, Co. Louth: a warehouse to become a padel centre with a reception and café. Granted 4 September.
• John B. Keane Road, Listowel, Co. Kerry: two modular courts, granted 3 September.
• Arena Padel at Goffs, Kill, Co. Kildare: nine indoor courts, granted in July. It only appeared on the national register in September, once Kildare's backlog cleared. The operator is aiming to open in April 2027.

New applications to watch:

• A nine-court commercial centre at Oldtown Demesne on the Sallins Road in Naas (seven doubles, two singles). Kildare County Council has asked for further information.
• A second, six-court scheme at Newbridge Town FC, also awaiting further information.
• Two covered courts at Galway Shopping Centre on the Headford Road, lodged on 11 September.

Our register now holds 222 padel planning applications covering 171 distinct schemes. Of the schemes that have been decided, 17% were refused (22 of 130). The full list is on padel planning in Ireland.

Our research this month: who builds Ireland's padel courts?

In September we published a study of who hosts every padel court in the Republic. Using figures from 28 September, it found:

• Sports clubs host 63 of the Republic's 223 open courts (28%), at 23 of its 70 venues. Stand-alone padel centres host 67 courts (30%), hotels 32 (14%) and commercial golf ranges 16 (7%).
• Tennis clubs lead the club side, with 22 courts across 11 venues. Rugby clubs host 18 courts across 4 venues. Park Padel at Waterpark RFC, above, is another rugby club.
• The GAA has barely started. Only one GAA club, Kinnegad, has confirmed open courts (two), and a second, Borrisoleigh, is possible. That is at most 4 courts, or 1.8%. The first GAA planning application was lodged in November 2025 and the first grant came in July 2026.
• Clubs get permission more easily. 36 of 39 decided club schemes were granted (92%), compared with 85% overall and 66% for stand-alone centres.

Journalists and researchers can find the data, charts and contact details on our press and data page.

What to watch in October

• House of Padel Belfast, Redcar Street: eight courts (six doubles, two singles). It was expected at the end of September, but on 2 October its Playtomic page still said "opening soon" and there were no bookable slots.
• Ballyhass Lakes, Mallow, Co. Cork: a Playtomic page shows four outdoor courts, but there are no bookable slots yet. Update, 16 October: now open and taking bookings — see above.
• Let's Go Padel Limavady, Armagh and Ballyshannon: all three are listed as "coming soon" by the operator, with no court counts yet. Ballyshannon would be Donegal's third venue.
• Druid Padel at Coolmine RFC, west Dublin: the operator is covering its four outdoor courts and adding a doubles and a singles court. The work was under way at the end of August.
• Kingfisher Padel Club, Templepatrick: announced in May, but we still have no confirmed court count or booking listing.
• Padel 100 at the Radisson Blu, Sligo: treat this one with caution. The listing has been taken down and the planning application was withdrawn in September.

How we count

A court is open when you can book it today on a live booking system (Playtomic, Rallyd, Matchi or the operator's own site), and we count only the courts actually in play. Announcements and press releases are leads, not figures. Planned venues are checked against the planning authority's own record. Where we can't verify a court count, we don't publish one.

Browse every venue on the Ireland padel court finder, see the long view in the State of Padel in Ireland 2026 report, or compare Ireland with the rest of Europe in the international padel gap.

Spotted a court we're missing, or something we've got wrong? Get in touch and we'll check it and update the map.