Conference aims to help clubs successfully move the goalposts

HUNDREDS of sports clubs around the country are unaware that they do not have to pay stamp duty if they buy new grounds.

That is one of the issues which will be discussed at the ‘Moving the Goalposts’ conference this weekend in Portlaoise. The conference will deal with the thorny issue of sports clubs moving to new facilities and is organised by William Fry Solicitors, Dublin, and Knight Frank.

Brian O’Callaghan of William Fry said most sports clubs do not know that since 2006 they don’t have to pay stamp duty on new land.