A new campus, named after playwright Samuel Beckett, has opened in Rathdown, Dublin.

The Samuel Beckett Civic Campus on the Ballyogan Road includes a gym, crèche, three grass sports pitches, four artificial sports pitches, a playground, a skating area and changing rooms.

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Fine Gael Senator, for Dublin Rathdown, Neale Richmond, welcomed the opening.

Mr Richmond said: "This is the first phase of this new Campus and the work must now go into planning for the second phase, which includes a swimming pool.

"This is a really valuable community project that has been in development for quite some time and I was delighted to play my part in bringing it about as a local Councillor, by approving the capital spend and by also sitting on the Board of DLR Leisure Services for the past seven years."

(CD/MH)