Final whistle in sight for Ballincollig soccer club's 23-year lease saga

If approved, it will allow Ballincollig AFC to apply for national sports capital grants for the first time in its long history

Club stalwart, Gerardene McNamara (left), welcomed the listing of the disposal for approval at next Monday’s council meeting but sounded a note of caution. File photo: Gerard McCarthy

The soccer club which helped produce former Irish soccer stars Colin Healy and the late Liam Miller is finally poised to secure the deeds to its home ground more than two decades after it was promised.

Next Monday, Cork City Council is to vote to dispose of just over 2.8 hectares of land known as The Landing Field to Ballincollig AFC, by way of a sporting lease subject to a nominal annual rent, if demanded, of €10.