Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have approached the Tánaiste many times about Tipperary town. The Government set up a task force under Ms Alison Harvey. I am asking that it be expanded to include hard-working groups in the town's hinterland. The Great National Hotels group is selling off the golf course in Ballykisteen at Limerick Junction. The Tánaiste has often been in its hotel there. If the course goes, the hotel will go. It is a focal point and important infrastructure in the region. We have nothing else like it. Will the Tánaiste ask the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Deputy Catherine Martin, to whom I have written, to intervene? The golf course could be kept. The captain of the golf club is Mr. Michael Lynch. Several groups want to retain this amenity. We are in the Covid pandemic and golf is an outdoor sport. The course is used considerably. We need the golf course and the hotel. We cannot lose this valuable piece of infrastructure. Will the Tánaiste intervene, please?

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