ALSAA Main Complex, located in Toberbunny (opposite the Airport Oil Tanks) has been a part of the social, sporting and cultural fabric of North County Dublin, used by thousands of Airport staff, members and Fingal residents since 1982 when the Bowling Alley was built and since1985 when the Main Complexes multiple facilities and the grounds attached to it were opened. Prior to 1985, we were located where hanger 6 is now from 1971.
Our indoor and outdoor sporting and leisure facilities cater for a wide-ranging customer base, including Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Gymnastics, Indoor Football, Bridge, Chess, Darts, Snooker, Drama, Various Dancing Classes, Gym & Fitness Classes while our outdoor facilities cater for Hockey, Athletics, Soccer, Lawn Bowls, Tennis, Rugby, Softball and Cross Country.
In addition to our own members, we have Special Needs Groups, Primary and Secondary Schools, Clubs, Businesses, Special Olympics, Irish Transplant Association, and many more using our facilities.
These facilities have enabled our Clubs and individuals to represent Ireland and hopefully will continue to do so long into the future.
We recognise our Complex as an essential and long-standing asset, absolutely dedicated to the people and communities of Fingal. We earnestly recommend to Fingal County Council that our complex building and land surrounding it (as outlined in red on the attached map) should maintain its current use in the future. We strongly recommend, on behalf of our own 6,700 members, as well as on the part of all of our users, current and future, that Fingal County Council should ensure and enshrine the continued existence of our Complex, by way of appropriate zoning or through any other means available to the Council.
We at ALSAA have provided sporting, social and cultural opportunities to and for the people and communities of Fingal, on a not-for-profit basis, for over fifty years. In an ever-changing environment, through the social and economic upheaval of the last half century, in a time of challenge that we all faced through the Covid 19 pandemic and with a focus to the challenges that lie ahead, it is our mission to continue to serve our community for the next fifty years.
We look forward to achieving our goals in collaboration and partnership with Fingal County Council, as well as all of the bodies involved in the successful, safe and sustainable operation at Dublin Airport.