PLANNERS have cleared the way for Limerick Lawn Tennis Club to serve up padel courts on its grounds.
The local authority has afforded conditional planning permission to the club at Ennis Road on the city’s northside to convert two of its tennis courts to use for padel, a game invented in Mexico, which is growing in popularity here.
The approval came despite three local residents expressing concern that the new courts will cause disruption in their neighbourhood.
As revealed by Limerick Live, one person living close to the tennis club compared the sound of a padel ball being hit to that of “gunshots”.
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