The Taoiseach has turned the sod on a new €16.5 million centre of excellence for education, training and research in Co Kerry
The Kerry Sports Academy is based at the Institute of Technology, Tralee.
The academy will also be the national sports centre for people with disabilities.
It is scheduled to open in Autumn 2018.
Big day for Tralee & @ittralee as Taoiseach @EndaKennyTD turns the sod on the €16.5M #Kerry Sports Academy. @rtenews pic.twitter.com/tB9NIgjayH
— Paschal Sheehy (@PaschalSheehy) March 27, 2017
The project represents the largest sports capital project ever undertaken in Kerry, and is being developed in partnership with the GAA in the county, as well as with Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann.
