The Minister for Sport says the new National Indoor Arena should be open in November 2016.
Minister Paschal Donohoe and Tanaiste Joan Burton today attended the turning of the sod for the new development at Abbotstown in Dublin.
The campus will offer an athletics training centre, a gymnastics training centre and synthetic pitches.
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It's hoped it will be able to attract additional large sporting events.
Minister Donohoe says the facilities will be second to none: