Big decision for new council members in Kilkenny

The new members of Kilkenny county council will meet for the first time this week and already an important decision on future development in the city needs to be made.

The council members have been given a copy of a 33 million euro economic development strategy and asked to examine and decide upon the planning, construction and investment options for it.

Its hoped the plan would attract more than a thousand new jobs with a major international services company already interested in setting up on the Smithwicks site next year.

The county manager Joe Crockett says none of it can happen without the Central Access Scheme.