Public consultation should have been sought before Kilkenny County Council decision to borrow €24m to buy section of key city site according to Senator Malcolm Noonan

Senator Malcolm Noonan believes public consultation should have taken place on the Abbey Quarter Masterplan before Kilkenny County Council decided to take out a €24million loan to buy a section of the city site. 

Details emerged at a recent meeting of the local authority (see here) of the plan to acquire Block Seven which will see council staff take up office as well as third-party tenants.

Senator Noonan on The KCLR Daily this morning said “It’s a big sum of money to borrow, a huge risk to the local authority and I respect the decision that the elected members have made but for me it’s a very far cry from what is proposed and it’s a really far cry from what people wanted”.

Hear the interview with Brian Redmond in full here;