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Athy GAA Development

  • 10-02-2017 12:10AM
    #1
    Snaffles2014
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 246 ✭✭


    What do people think? Are they are getting done? I could be wrong on all this detail mind but I've heard it was 13 acres and 7 acres are to be given to the developer and only 6 for the GAA themselves. And for what, why is the developer involved at all, what are they bringing to the table at all? Money to lay a pitch is surely small and viable through grants and fundraising surely? Why would you give away more than half your site to a developer?

    I'm not saying its dodgy, again I don't know the in's and out's of it all but on the face of it, it sounds like the developer is laughing all the way to the bank.


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  • #2
    Delacent
    Closed Accounts Posts: 214 ✭✭Delacent


    I've never known any gaa club to negotiate a bad deal.

    If its the 13 acres that were sold a short while ago, then its worth about 35k an acre.

    Laying a proper pitch and adding floodlights is not cheap.

    I'm not from the area, but know people who are and general consensus is the club did very well


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