Cork Luas: GAA club vows to fight new route ‘to the very end’

As public consultation on the €2.5bn Luas Cork route continues, one of the two clubs affected has vowed to oppose the plan
A visualisation of Luas Cork's revised preferred route in Bishopstown which would cut through Bishopstown GAA Club. 

A visualisation of Luas Cork's revised preferred route in Bishopstown which would cut through Bishopstown GAA Club. 

As public consultations on the revised €2.5bn Luas Cork route begin, one sports club has vowed to fight the proposed rail line through its grounds “to the end”.

The preferred route for the proposed 20km light rail service was published three weeks ago, refining last year’s emerging preferred route, with significant changes on the western end of the route, in Ballincollig and Bishopstown.

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