An overhaul of the management structure of Clare GAA is one of the main focal points from the report complied by the Strategic Plan Committee. The committee has recommended that a full time operations manager be appointed with the role eventually evolving into a CEO. The recruitment of a Finance Manager along with a Commercial […]
The Clare GAA Centre of Excellence in Caherlohan. Photograph by John Kelly
GALLERY: Inside the Clare GAA Centre of Excellence at Caherlohan
April 30, 2021
THE Clare GAA €4.8 million Centre of Excellence at Caherlohan has been the subject of intense scrutiny and discussion over the last few months, in response to which clubs were invited to visit the facility for themselves last weekend before making any submissions to the new strategic group focusing on the future of Clare GAA.
The Clare Champion understands that 13 clubs sent representatives on the day to view the facility, just less than a quarter of all clubs in the county. Here Derrick Lynch guides you through gallery of photographs from inside the gates of Caherlohan.
Updated / Monday, 19 Apr 2021
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Clare will face Waterford in the 2021 Munster SHC quarter-final
Anthony Daly believes it is time for Clare to knuckle down and hopes the focus for players and management is a Munster quarter-final clash with Waterford.
Brian Lohan’s side will look to avenge last year’s nine-point All-Ireland quarter-final defeat to Waterford, but it has been matters off the pitch that have seen Clare in the headlines in recent months.
The Centre of Excellence at Caherlohan, running disputes within the County Board, issues around venues to train and a perilous financial situation have put Clare GAA firmly in the spotlight, with former All-Ireland winning manager Ger Loughnane last month stating the county is in disarray, prompting concerns from him that the county will become irrelevant in years to come.
Secretary of Clare GAA Pat Fitzgerald has claimed that there is a witchhunt aimed at him going on in the county.
The comments came during tetchy exchanges at this week’s board meeting, in which issues relating to the still to be completed €4.8 million Centre of Excellence at Caherlohan were once more to the fore.
Whitegate delegate David Solan raised the issue when querying the content of an Irish Independent article in recent weeks, which claimed that the pitches at the venue were in “pristine condition”.
“It is my opinion that when we got someone in to see what is wrong with the pitches and to cost how much it would be, he came out with a figure of €70,000 per pitch for six pitches which is nearly €500,000. It is what I would call negligence by somebody in the county board, because when you do a sand based pitch, you are given a maintenance plan. We have one in Whitegate and when we couldn’t gather the grass on the practice pitch, we got 10 or 12 people with ride
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