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.
The estate is very open and will remain so, says Eoin Quinlan, the general manager, but the owners also need to keep it safe.
It is just the latest route that Dublin councillors have proposed closing, following a similar arc of discussion.
Improvements along a 3.8km stretch from Suir Road to Leeson Street are scheduled to be done by the end of this year.