Purchase of Mayo GAA Centre of Excellence site being finalised

Mayo County Council and Mayo County GAA Board have confirmed that progress continues to be made on the Centre of Excellence facility at Lough Lannagh in Castlebar.

The investment was announced earlier in the year and is being advanced as a partnership project.

A joint statement issued by the council and board today said: "Due diligence work on the site has been completed and the purchase of the site is being finalised.

"The intention is that the project will move to planning in February 2020.

"The site is adjacent to Lough Lannagh and the new Castlebar Swimming Pool and close to the Castlebar Campus of GMIT.

"The project will form part of a state-of-the-art sport, tourism and recreation hub."