A GYM which opened only six weeks ago at a Co Tyrone GAA club has been destroyed in the second arson attack to hit the club.
The owner of the fitness business located in a building beside the main clubhouse of Moy Tír na nÓg on Monday night described his devastation.
Connell Donnelly, who rents the premises from the GAA club, described the incident as "an attack on the whole community".
It comes just over six months after the clubhouse, on the Benburb Road in Moy, was completely destroyed in another arson attack.
Police said they received a report that the gym was on fire shortly before 11pm on Sunday.
Two appliances from Dungannon and Armagh dealt with the blaze, which has left the building heavily smoke-logged and with extensive damage.
Police said on Monday night that the blaze was being treated as arson.
Donnelly Fitness had just opened at the club six weeks ago, with the main clubhouse also only re-opening in recent weeks following a devastating arson attack at the building in September.
In the previous attack, a window was broken and flammable liquid was poured inside the clubhouse.
The blaze caused extensive smoke damage, in particular to the ground floor of the club, which fields 15 teams across a range of age groups.
Old photos and club memorabilia were also destroyed.
Mr Donnelly said: "I got a call from someone local to tell me the place was on fire.
"Initially I thought it might have been an electrical fault or something but when I got here I knew it was something more sinister.
"The front door had been smashed and it seems that they had poured some sort of liquid the whole way round the building. It seems to have engulfed the building really quickly."
Mr Donnelly said he is now unsure about the future of the business.
"I'm a personal trainer, but this is my first gym with brand new equipment, so I'm devastated this has happened," he said.
"It's all gone. I'm just going to have sit back and wait and see what the insurance company says.
"I don't know why this happened but it’s not just an attack on me it's an attack on the whole community."
Moy Tír na nÓg, which has produced a number of Tyrone senior footballers including Philip Jordan and current captain Sean Cavanagh, also said it was shocked by the blaze.
Philip McQuade from the club said: "Connell rents the building from us, this is his livelihood.
"When the club was destroyed last year and we were closed for all those months, we weren't losing money, but Connell is."
The club has produced a number of Tyrone senior footballers, including Philip Jordan and current captain Sean Cavanagh.
Sinn Féin's Dominic Molloy said: "People in the club are devastated, this has happened not long after the club had re-opened.
"The main worry is safety that this could happen again when children are in there or there are events on."
Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew has hit out at those responsible.
"This is a club at the heart of the local community and I know that local people will be shocked at what has happened," she said.
"Sadly this is not the first time the club has been targeted and I hope they will be able to rebuild as soon as possible."
The attack was also condemned by the Orange Order who also hit out at a paint bomb attack on a memorial to victims of the Teebane IRA attack.
Grand Orange Lodge of Ireland, Drew Nelson, described the arson attack as "wrong" and urged anyone with information to bring it to police.
