Councillor says Eyre Square project is running over-budget

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2004 / November 10 2004: Councillor says Eyre Square project is running over-budget

Galway City Council has denied that the cost of the controversial Eyre Square re-landscaping is running over-budget. The council was responding yesterday to a claim by a Green Party councillor, Mr Niall O'Brolchain, that the cost of the project appeared to be in danger of "spiralling out of control". Cllr O'Brolchain, a long-time opponent of the Galway centre project, said that he had watched the bill rise steadily since its inception. "The first figure I remember hearing in terms of cost was €2.5million. This changed to €4 million, then to €4.5 million and on to €5 million. "Now in the latest edition of Construction magazine it is claimed that Samuel Kingston Construction Ltd is charged with completing the €6.5 million Eyre Square enhancement scheme," the Green Party councillor said.

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