€5m health and leisure centre tipped for Kerry seaside resort

A 15-YEAR campaign for a public swimming pool in one of the country’s best-known seaside resorts has paid off with the signing of a €5m contract for the project.

Tourism Minister John O’Donoghue attended the signing of the contract for the Ballybunion Health and Leisure Centre, which will include a 20-metre pool, a children’s water play area, a gymnasium, an adult health suite, sauna, steam room, jacuzzi and a juice bar/steam room.

Ballybunion Health and Leisure Centre chairman Jackie Hourigan said the facility would be marketed to longer-stay tourists in Ballybunion and would help increase the family market.