A GRANT application has been submitted for a multi-million euro indoor sports complex in Kilrush.
Officials in Clare County Council last week submitted the application for the multi-million euro project in West Clare. The application was submitted under the Large Scale Sport Infrastructure Fund, the €124m Government initiative was launched in April of this year and allows local authorities and national governing bodies of sport to apply for between €600,000 and €30 million for infrastructural projects.
Cllr Ian Lynch (IND) told the AGM of the West Clare Municipal District that “a brilliant application went in” and was compiled in “a very short timeframe”. He singled out the contribution of Colette Browne along with West Clare MD Directors, Jason Murphy and John O’Malley.
He said, “If this grant application is successful this will be a significant multimillion euro investment for West Clare. For years we have built a case that an indoor facility is needed in West Clare today we move one step closer to the possibility of this being a reality”.
Pat Sexton of Clare Sports Partnership was among those involved in the working group while the business case was finalised by Tom O’Leary with Stephen O’Sullivan organising the design and Padraig Neylon was responsible for the concept design.
To date there has already been “a huge effort made by everyone to get this across the line,” the Kilrush councillor noted. “Hopefully we will hear in the near future on the applications success,” he added.
