Mullins admitted that the track was allowed to go into disrepair because the campus layout has changed dramatically in recent years and all of the university's newer sports facilities have deliberately been grouped at the Clonskeagh end of the extensive grounds. "Apart from a few remaining soccer pitches the track was the last remaining outpost and it was decided not to invest in repairing hard-earned money into something that was going to be shifted in due course," he said. UCD has had planning permission for a track near its sports centre at Clonskeagh since 2009, but those plans were then hit by the recession. Mullins said: "We're quite positive now that we will get commitment for the funding soon and will move to deliver a replacement track as quickly as possible."
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The track in ucc has been off limits for over a year now without anyone saying boo. Facilities for running in this country are atrocious, if it was the GAA there'd be more running tracks in the country than houses instead we nothing but unused pitches and massive vanity project covered stands that no one uses. No wonder the obesity rate is so high we spend more money on places to put our big fat arses on than we do on facilities to train
...except no-one has actually spoken to Eamonn about his supposed new role.
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