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Delayed Glanmire Soccer School of Excellence Dependent on Government Funding
Council owned land. However, it
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pears that those plans have stalled. With the full backing of
Cork County Council the FAI unveiled plans for the Glanmire Soccer School of Excellence that would rival any sporting facility in the country, including the Na- tional Training Centre at Abbotstown. The
Local Authority
completed the lease of the lands at Brookelodge to the Football
Association but
the project appears to be stalled. Construction of the €10 million project was expect- ed to begin in 2017, but it has now been revealed the FAI plan is dependent on Government funding. The
Football Associ- ation say they have ap-
plied for a €6million grant through the Department of Tourism and Sports new €50million sports infra- structure grant scheme an- nounced earlier this year. Cllr Keohane said he
needed “100 per cent clari- fication that the project will go ahead. “ “If the FAI is stalling,
or the Government can’t come up with the funds, it’s time to revisit the project and give it
could use the land.” The
Independent
to clubs who Cllr
said with the green light given to millions of Euro in infrastructural works in Glanmire, capable of de- livering 1,300 new homes, clubs
in the area could
make good use of the Council leased lands. “Riverstown FC, for
example, who have 640 members, want to expand
‘Cobh Friday Friendly Café’ for people with Dementia and their Carer’s
The Cobh Age Friend- ly Committee and Great Island Community Fo- rum are
excited
you about the new ‘Cobh Friday Friendly Café’ for people
safe environment. We wish to invite
to tell with Demetria,
Alzheimer’s and Memo- ry loss, and their Carers. The pop up café which will take place on the last Friday of every month in the Great Island Commu- nity Centre will be free to attend and run by volun- teers. People can relax and enjoy a cup of tea, some cake and a chat with our volunteers and other car- ers. It will be a supportive,
anyone living
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from
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All proceeds go towards
The Cobh Friday Friendly Café is held on the last Friday of every month at the Great Island Community Centre from 11am- 1pm. Tea, coffee and cakes provided. For more information please call Stephanie on 0860415168.
Volunteer helpers also needed
their grounds at East Cliff but they can’t. It’s going to get to the stage where land is not going to be available and kids will have to travel to clubs outside the area.” The Government
has
remained silent on wheth- er or not the Glanmire project is to receive grant aid. The carefully selected FAI site ensured the facility would be available to over half a million people who live within an hour’s drive of the complex. The FAI plan is de-
signed to support the de- velopment football
of association in County Cork
and Munster. The facility will have a state of the art clubhouse and youth edu- cation centre, with a num- ber of full and medium sized pitches, along with a physiotherapy and medical room, catering for elite and
international squads and coaches. Operating costs for the
facility are estimated in the region of €250,000 annu- ally, which is in line with other similar sites such as the FAI National Train- ing Centre at the National Sports Complex and the AUL Complex in Dublin. . The site, which is
stra-
tegically located close to the Dunkettle
rounda-
bout, had received scores of objections from groups and individuals concerned with the impact which the facility would have on the residential
amenity, the
adequacy of the road in- frastructure to accommo- date the development and surface water disposal and flooding concerns. The objections have sub-
sequently been adequately resolved.
• From what was once considered the tallest building in the country, the FAI, FORAS, the trust that operates Cork City FC and Cork County Council launched their high hopes for a football centre of excellence in the county in December 2016 - pictured from L-R .FAI Chief Executive John Delaney with Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin and FAI President Tony Fitzgerald.
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