Communication lines opened between Tullamore GAA Club and County Board in O'Connor Park lease row
Reporter:
kevin@tullamoretribune.ie
Empty terraces in O'Connor Park resulted in a row between the County Board and Tullamore GAA over the payment of the lease for the ground.
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DISCUSSIONS have taken place in recent days between Offaly GAA chairman, Michael Duignan and Tullamore GAA chairman, Tom Martin in a bid to bring an end to a row over the payment of the lease for O'Connor Park in Tullamore.
A big stand off has erupted between the bodies over the payment of the lease for 2020. The County Board sought a reduction in their annual rent as the ground yielded almost no revenue last year because of Covid-19 restrictions. Tullamore GAA Club refused to give any reduction and the two sides have been at loggerheads since then. The County Board paid €42,184 of the €56,245 lease for 2020 and sought a reduction of three months rent of €14,061 because of the Covid-19 pandemic ans the resultant financial hit they took.