School sports facilities threatened by land sale

WHEN our fields of gold have been sold off, what then?

Fri, 11 Feb, 2005 - 00:00

On Monday next, Dublin city councillors will vote for the third time in a year on whether to sell the fee simple of the sports grounds of the Holy Faith secondary school in Clontarf, Dublin.

If this land is released for development, it will effectively block a community initiative to save it for sporting use. This is a school that has served a socially mixed hinterland for many years.

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