A new council sports forum looks to press schools and such to share their facilities
Amid a serious shortage of pitches in Dublin 8, the OPW only allows one soccer club to use its pitch at the War Memorial Gardens.
“We've gotten broken promises before from Dublin City Council, but this all feels different. We’ve never had this commitment before.”
This is a massive step forward, said Samatha O’Flanagan, of the Myrtle-The Coast Residents Association.
Dublin City Council says the issue is a lack of wind, but email correspondence shows multiple maintenance issues over several years.
At a recent meeting of councillors for the North Central Area, a Dublin City Council official outlined the latest progress in trying to get the suburb the facilities it needs.
A group in the northern suburb say they’ve a real need for a community centre – so people have somewhere to meet, so they can build an identity for the place.