Clare council rebuffs GAA bid to have land rezoned for housing

Any rezoning from ‘recreation’ to 'residential' would greatly inflate the value of the lands which is mainly made up of a GAA pitch

Clare GAA employed KMPG to make a submission over the lands.

The chief executive of Clare County Council has rebuffed a bid by Clare GAA to have “a large area of land” at Clarecastle near Ennis rezoned for housing.

As part of its bid, the management committee of Clare GAA employed KPMG to make a submission requesting that lands currently zoned for recreation with a smaller area of land to the north of the site zoned as ‘carparks’ around Clare GAA’s HQ at Clareabbey, Clarecastle, be rezoned for housing.