Cork councils could unite in bid for second Sport Ireland Campus

Mayor of County Cork is to seek support from Cork City Lord Mayor for a joint effort to persuade the Government to build a sport campus to 'serve the southern half of the country'

IRFU’s high performance centre, one of the facilities at the Sport Ireland Campus in Dublin. Cork County Council unanimously approved a motion to seek the development of a similar national campus in Cork to serve the south of the country. Picture: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

The Mayor of County Cork is to seek support from the City’s Lord Mayor and his council for a joint effort to persuade the Government to build a second Sport Ireland campus in the region.

The county council is meanwhile writing to Taoiseach Micheál Martin and sport minister Patrick O’Donovan requesting the move.