This article is from page 11 of the 2013-10-15 edition of The Clare People. OCR mistakes are to be expected so download the original SWF or the rendered page 11 JPG
A FACILITY for Kilrush, similar to Lee’s Road in Ennis, will be the “premier project” for Clare County Council this year.
The project planned for the Cooraclare Road in Kilrush is to include pitches, running tracks and astro turf facilities.
The project has been submitted for national sporting grants by Kilrush Town Council previously but with as yet no success.
The town council executive is confident that the project will be successful in securing grant funding this year and has also submitted it for consideration in a new national fund.
Town manager Anne Haugh explained that the county manager had agreed that the Kilrush project would be the primary project on a list seeking funding from the new national scheme – Sport Nation.
The new grant aid system is supported through the Public Bodies and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport, with each department providing one third of the funding up to € 58,124. The remaining third needs to be raised from the local authority’s capital fund.
The council agreed that the first phase of the project to require funding should be the astro turf area.
The town council had previously agreed to set aside € 150,000 of money earmarked for special projects to the proposed Cooraclare Road Sports Development.
A lease for 25 years has also been signed for such the facility on the Cooraclare Road.