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SMITH O’Brien’s GAA club has scored a major goal for community development thanks to the provision of a new state-of-the-art sports arena costing in excess of €500,000. The new club aims to make the new sports arena a social hub for the community, providing a much needed social outlet for year round activities. This is in addition to planning approval for the construction of a new outdoor Multi-use Games Area (MUGA), associated side fencing and netting, artificial grass surface, floodlighting and all associated ancillary and incidental works at an estimated cost of €100,000. Following the provision of a covered stand years ago, the new sports complex is substantially completed, apart from some interior work to fully complete dressing rooms and meeting rooms. Once these rooms are fully kitted out, the club hopes to hire one of the rooms to a physiotherapist or personal trainer in their “mini University of Limerick arena”. They include four dressing rooms, ladies, gents and accessible …
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