The matter was brought up at a recent Development Committee meeting of Mid Ulster District Council by Councillor Barry Monteith. The Independent representative for Dungannon DEA commented: “I had raised the ongoing issue in Dungannon town regarding the lack of GAA pitches. Advertisement Advertisement Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
“There are four clubs operating on three GAA pitches. There’s a significant downturn in the usage of two of the soccer pitches at Drumcoo, especially since the 4G was put in. A lot of the soccer teams want to play on the 4G now and they stagger the usage of it.
“So I had proposed that we move forward with looking at the feasibility of making the back two pitches into [facilities] that can be used for GAA purposes as well as soccer. “And while we’re on the subject of Drumcoo, again it’s an issue that has done the rounds a wee bit, can I propose that we have a DEA meeting again? “We had an initial talk about proposals for Drumcoo, expansion of Drumcoo, developing the land that we currently own in Drumcoo which we haven’t developed, working with Sperrinview [Special School] and Oakridge [SociaL Education Centre] about creating an urban park. Advertisement Advertisement “Those ideas were initially explored and haven’t really gone anywhere, so I propose that we have a DEA meeting to start to tie some of that stuff together, because .
