THE TRALEE SPORTS Complex, a regional sports and swimming facility with almost 1,500 members, will remain closed to the public after a section of main roof collapsed under snow earlier today.
The complex is home to Basketball Superleague side Garvey’s Warriors.
The main roof collapsed internally into the hall itself, chair of the complex, Jim Finucane said.
There was substantial damage to the main sports hall, although the pools appeared to be unaffected, he said.
Used by clubs and schools, the Tralee Sports Complex has over 100,000 visits annually. The damage is being assessed, Finucane said.
Written by Anne Lucey and Olivia Kelleher and posted on TheJournal.ie
Who built the building? Not a very strong roof. A few inches of snow and down it comes.
@Michael Dunne: Healy Rae’s construction
I’m a roofing carpentry this is very impressive for all the wrong reasons
Name and shame that contractor – a few times
Was this the sports hall John O’Donoghue fumed at the public for not voting for him in 2011?
Ah lads the roof that caved in was built in the mid 70s no snow loads taken into account back then
flat roof? I thought there was a logic behind building angled roofs?
BAM ?
@Jb Walshe: big bam when it fell down Jb yeah.