Tollymore National Outdoor Centre has been closed for a year, with Sport NI now considering ways to reopen. The first person from Ireland to climb Everest has accused Sport NI of mismanagement after shutting down an outdoor centre near Newcastle for a year. Tollymore National Outdoor Centre (TNOC) was closed last January after Storm Éowyn, with Sport NI choosing to keep the publicly-owned facility shut to carry out a review of its “unsustainable” running costs. Tollymore National Outdoor Centre in Newcastle has been shut since Storm Éowyn caused extensive damage in January. PICTURE: TNOCAsked if the Tollymore centre would reopen this year, he said: “I would like to think so.