Decision by Dún Laoghaire council area committee to provide temporary container for Pearse Rovers Football Club welcomed by PBP Cllr Melisa Halpin
Plans for permanent clubhouse must be finalised as soon a possible- Cllr Melisa Halpin
In a statement, People Before Profit councillor, Melisa Halpin, welcomed a decision by this evening’s area committee meeting to provide a temporary container for Pearse Rovers who had their clubhouse broken into over the weekend and thousands of euro of equipment was destroyed.
Pearse Rovers is a very successful club based in Sallynoggin. It has been running out of a temporary shed for years while it has been campaigning for a permanent clubhouse. Last year the Council agreed to provide a temporary container to replace the shed while the plans for the permanent clubhouse are finalised between the council and the club.
Unfortunately, the container was not put in place and the club believe that the vandalism would not have happened if the new container had been in place.
At tonight’s area committee meeting of the council, Cllr Melisa Halpin proposed that the container be delivered as a matter of urgency. The council management has agreed to this and has promised that it would be in place in the next week.
Cllr Melisa Halpin said: “I am delighted that the council have agreed to this and that they say they will have it in place in a week. However, it is vitally important that the plans for the permanent clubhouse are finalised as soon as possible, I have been working with Richard Boyd Barrett TD and the club members to arrange a meeting with council officials, the Council have now also agreed to this meeting which we hope will take place in the next weeks.”
