Carlow’s Dr Cullen Park ‘not for sale’

CARLOW GAA chiefs have turned their back on a potential cash windfall by deciding against the sale of their county grounds, Dr Cullen Park.

A number of clubs and county boards have discussed selling their homes to property developers with a view to using the profits to relocate to state-of-the-art premises.

Portlaoise GAA club pulled off the biggest commercial coup in the GAA’s history earlier this year by selling their traditional grounds on the Stradbally Road for €19million, a deal which has allowed them to spend over half of that sum on a modern, new complex.