Authority to splash out €150,000 to cover pool costs

A LOCAL authority is planning to spend €150,000 plugging a hole in the finances of a pool complex less than six months after it opened.

The day-to-day running costs of the Churchfield Leisure Complex on Cork’s northside, which opened in July, are exceeding income, city manager Joe Gavin said.

Not enough people are using the pool and gym facility, he said. The situation has cast doubt over the city’s involvement in municipal pools.