IT will lose sports grounds in land deal, say students

STUDENTS at Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) say they will be left without training or playing grounds if Waterford Crystal’s plans to rezone almost 25 acres, which it leases to the college, are approved.

If the land is rezoned and sold, it will leave the college without playing grounds for its successful hurling, soccer, rugby and athletics teams.

WIT has featured in five out of the last six Fitzgibbon Cup, inter-college hurling finals. In the past fortnight, the hurlers were going for three Fitzgibbon Cups in a row.