Cathal Crowe (Clare, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

All politics is local. Please forgive me for raising an issue related to my local GAA club, Meelick GAA club in south Clare. I played with the club, very poorly, for many years. The club has put a request before the Minister’s Department to purchase a piece of State-owned land located at the rear of its stand. This land is not being used for any purpose. It is rough pasture. There was a donkey on it the last time I was down there watching a match. Can the Minister please sign off on the proposal? They want to buy it. They are not looking for a gift. It is with the Department, and the club submitted maps in the springtime. It is not an overly complicated case. The club are really hoping for some good news from the Minister’s Department this summer and from the OPW.

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