Sallynoggin Pearse says they are victims of a change in council policy away from granting clubs long-term leases
Sallynoggin Pearse chairman Richie Cummins at the shipping container used by the club as a dressingroom. Photograph: Bryan O’Briento get itself a new clubhouse is set to rumble on after it deferred its latest bid for planning permission having been told by local council officials it would not be successful.intending to replace its old and deteriorating clubhouse, its officials say.
“The pre-planning stuff was all positive,” he says. “We are meeting the criteria for mixed-use facilities, not-for-profit groups sharing the facilities with sports groups. We’re ticking all the boxes. There is no issue with the building, no issue with the location of the building. So, we’re at a loss as to what the big issue is here.”
What it has done, however, is form a partnership with Grenada FC, which has 90 teams and 1,500 young players. It hopes to use the new clubhouse along with a boxing club and kick-boxing club. Dublin Fire Brigade sports club are interested, a local gardening group would like to use it, and there is talk of a dancing club too.
The council’s current offer is a vandal proof prefab which, the club was told, would cost more than €200,000 but contain just two dressingrooms and no showers. Sallynoggin Pearse says the council are creating a situation where nobody can trust them. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
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