The brilliant Clifford brothers and their Fossa team-mates can hone their skills even more when they have better training facilities at their disposal following the allocation of €155,306 to the club for dressing rooms, energy efficiency systems and equipment in the Government’s Community Sports Facilities Fund which have just been announced.
There is great news too for Kerry club champions Dr Crokes who are to receive €89,624 for a facilities upgrade and Firies GAA Club has been approved for a €54,886 development at Ballinvarrig.
Spa GAA Club is to be allocated €169,462 to build ladies’ dressing rooms and install solar panels and Rathmore GAA will get €130,809 for a robotic lawnmower and to convert to an all-weather pitch.
St Agatha’s GAA Club in Glenflesk, meanwhile, will get €56,642 for a building upgrade, solar panels, ball nets and a scoreboard while Currow GAA will receive €157,801 for an astro turf training pitch.
Gneeveguilla GAA has been approved for a €161,330 grant for floodlights and solar panels, Kilcummin GAA Club has been sanctioned €112,456 for pitch drainage, solar panels and walkway surfacing and Listry GAA is to receive €137,037 for the redevelopment of a training pitch and dressing rooms.
Scartaglin GAA is to be given €152,141 for an underage and senior ladies’ training pitch
Killarney Celtic FC, meanwhile, is to receive €133,923 to upgrade LED lighting on the grass and large astro turf surface, Ballyhar Dynamos FC is getting €141,972 for a second playing pitch and Mastergeeha FC will receive €142,046 for ball-stopping nets, security fencing, dugouts and equipment. MEK United will get €6,584 to improve facilities.
The Barraduff Community Field Organisation will be allocated €70,780 for a storage shed, mower, gym equipment and pitch maintenance.
Gaelscoil Faithleann in Killarney has been allocated €84,648 for an an-weather pitch, Firies National School is to get €59,886 for a basketball court with fence and activity panels and Loreto National School in Killarney will receive €31,293 for a multi-games area.
Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre has been allocated €136,531 and the Derreen public sports centre currently being developed in Killarney will get €500,000.
In regional grants, Kerry GAA has been approved for a €359,904 payment for a sand-based pitch and LED floodlighting development, Kerry FC will get €359,904 and the Kerry District League will receive €52,738 for lighting and netting.
Of the 230 million allocated nationwide, Kerry projects have received a total of over €13 million.
Confirming details of the allocations, general election candidate, Linda Gordon Kelleher, thanked her Fianna Fáil colleague Minister of State for Sport, Thomas Byrne, for the generous allocations for Kerry which, she said, were very badly needed and would be put to very good use by all the recipients.
“There is tremendous work and volunteering ongoing in Kerry with so many clubs, schools and organisations involved and this boost is more than deserved,” she said.
Killarney Municipal District Council member, John O’Donoghue, of the Kerry Independent Alliance, also warmly welcomed the allocations which, he said, will be of particular benefit to young people.
Education Minister and Kerry TD, Norma Foley, said: “We love our sports in Kerry and these new sports grants will help provide fantastic new facilities for generations to come”.
General election candidate Cllr Michael Cahill remarked: “There is a magnificent variety of allocations to local community organisations in Kerry. I’m delighted to see such a strong focus on supporting grassroots sports in communities”.
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