Irish firm nets deal for African Cup pitches

AN Irish company has landed a €20 million contract to design and build pitches for the African Cup of Nations football tournament next year.

SIS Ireland yesterday announced it had secured a contract, rumoured to be worth in the region of €20m million, to design and build 15 natural grass pitches for the tournament in Angola next year.

The contract was signed by SIS chief executive officer George Mullan in Luanda last week with COCAN (the tournament’s organising committee) and Angola’s Ministry of Public Construction.