Plans to move from Austin Stack Park shelved

KERRY GAA’s plans to sell Austin Stack Park to a developer and relocate to a state of the art complex at the old Ballybeggan Park Racecourse have been shelved.

However, the County Committee is to drive on with alternative plans, Chairman Jerome Conway, told last night’s Annual Convention at the Gleneagle Hotel in Killarney.

“Unfortunately, the planned transfer from the present Austin Stack Park has been parked due to the economic circumstances that exist,” Conway told delegates. “This, however, does not change the crying-out demand for proper training facilities for our inter-county teams.