GAA club accuses Galway City Council of ‘repeatedly ignoring’ calls for facilities

From this week’s Galway City Tribune – A GAA club with close on 2,500 members – most of them involved in under-age activities – has called on Galway City Council to ‘get the game started’ as regards the provision of badly needed facilities.

The Salthill-Knocknacarra GAA club are now putting pressure on the City Council to prioritise the planning process for the provision of ‘ball-stop nets’ at one of their pitches in Cappagh Park.

The club has now written to all 18 city councillors outlining their grievance over ‘the lack of action’ on the planning application and have asked their local area representatives to table a motion on the issue at the next City Council meeting.

Club secretary, Paddy Lynch, told the Galway City Tribune, that the provision of ball-stop nets at their full-sized pitch in Cappagh Park was ‘an absolute priority’ in terms of health and safety concerns.

“With over 60 teams in competitive action, the provision of such a facility at the Cappagh Park pitch is an absolute necessity but at the moment we just seem to be completely ignored by the City Council on the issue,” said Paddy Lynch.

He added that he also wanted the City Council to proceed with plans for the provision of floodlights at their main pitch at Cappagh Park [the club also has a smaller sized pitch at the facility], given the club’s needs for a floodlit training facility during the October to April period.

This is a shortened preview version of this article. To read the rest of the story, see the May 6 edition of the Galway City Tribune. You can buy a digital edition HERE.