MTU lodges planning application for indoor athletics centre at Cork campus

Planners working on the project said the new facility would connect the athletics zone to the wider campus at MTU

MTU hopes to provide a large multi-event space, with space for high jump, pole vault, sprint track, long/triple jump pits, and an elite training facility on the site. Picture: Larry Cummins

Munster Technological University has lodged a planning application for a new multi-million “high-performance indoor athletics centre” at its Bishopstown Campus in Cork City.

To be developed in conjunction with Athletics Ireland, MTU hopes to provide a large multi-event space, with space for high jump, pole vault, sprint track, long/triple jump pits, and an elite training facility on the site.