They’re not the anchor tenants though.
Dublin’s 2011 All-Ireland-winning captain Bryan Cullen has been overseeing the procurement of equipment for the gym at the GAA’s new national games development centre in Abbotstown.
Cullen, Dublin high performance director, is selecting the gym equipment for the GAA’s new national games development centre in Abbotstown because the Dublin county board are paying for the gym equipment.
Still, the GAA insist that Dublin will have no special claims over the new gym, which “wasn’t a top priority” in the €12million facility.
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“Dublin made an observation and approached the GAA on it. They were more than happy to contribute to it because it is located in Dublin,” the GAA’s head of communications Alan Milton told the Irish Independent.
“If there was a gymnasium going in they wanted it to be fit for purpose. But their offer won’t give them any proprietary claims on it.”
Dublin’s county board Sean Shanley told the paper that, while Dublin are funding and equipping the new gym, the senior teams under Jim Gavin and Ger Cunningham will not be taking up residence in Abbotstown.
Instead, Dublin’s underage and development squads are expected to make use of the new state-of-the-art facility in north west Dublin.
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The GAA are still hopeful that clubs and county panels from across the country will flock to the five-pitches but, as some observers noted this week, that might happen more frequently if accommodation had been built on the 25-acre site in the national sports campus.
