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02/10/2012, 11:21 AM
The Football Association of Ireland (FAI) have announced they have received a grant from FIFA for the development of the National Sports Campus in Abbotstown. The World’s governing body have accepted the application from the FAI for the $500,000 grant which will be used to develop two full-sized pitches and dressing rooms adjacent to the FAI headquarters. It was also revealed that the government will contribute €500,000 to the project which will commence in March 2013.
The development will complement work which started in September this year by the National Sports Campus Authority on refurbishing a new headquarters for the IRFU, GAA and the IHA among others, joining the FAI and the Irish Institute of Sport who are already based on campus.
Read more at www.extratime.ie/ (http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/9006/fifa-grant-boost-for-fai/)
The development will complement work which started in September this year by the National Sports Campus Authority on refurbishing a new headquarters for the IRFU, GAA and the IHA among others, joining the FAI and the Irish Institute of Sport who are already based on campus.
Read more at www.extratime.ie/ (http://extratime.ie/newsdesk/articles/9006/fifa-grant-boost-for-fai/)