GAA new nine million euro facility in Blanchardstown

The sod has been turned on the new facility of the GAA at the National Sports Campus at Abbottstown in Blanchardstown.

The project, with a budget of nine million euro, will consist of four full sized, flood-lit pitches and a smaller training pitch. One of the full sized pitches will be an all-weather synthetic pitch.

The complex will include a pavilion to accommodate ten changing rooms and rooms for physio, referees and meetings and a dining area. There will also be a covered seating stand.

The facility is intended to be a national centre of excellence for Gaelic games.

Construction is expected to take just over a year.

Roisin Bennett of Reddy Charlton advised the GAA on the property aspects of the transaction and Deirdre Ni Fhloinn and Paul Keane advised on procurement and contractual issues.