Dublin GAA granted planning permission for €6.6million centre of excellence

CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE: Dublin football manager Dessie Farrell. Dublin GAA have been granted planning permission for the development of a €6.6 million centre of excellence in Hollystown. File pic: INPHO/Ryan Byrne

Dublin GAA have been granted planning permission for the development of a €6.6 million centre of excellence in Hollystown.

Described as a “GAA cluster facility” on part of the grounds of the former Hollystown Golf Course on the Ratoath Road in north-west Dublin, the county board last week received a 10-year permit to build four floodlit pitches, three of which will be sand-based and one all-weather playing surface.