Standoff escalates as GAA order Handball Board to vacate centre

THE standoff between the GAA and the Dublin Handball Board has escalated with the news that Croke Park has asked for the handball centre adjacent to Hill 16 to be vacated before the end of the month.

Vinny Farrelly, Chairman of the Dublin Handball Board said it was impossible to negotiate with the GAA after the request was sent to the Irish Handball Council.

It was also claimed that the notice “flew in the face of comments made in the national press to the effect that the recent loss of the bar licence in the Croke Park Handball Centre would in no way adversely affect the future of handball there.”