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Carraroe projects will form spectacular gateway to Sligo

The Sligo Champion

The approach to Sligo city at the Carraroe roundabout is to be radically transformed following the decision this week by Sligo County Council to grant planning permission for a massive retail park and ten storey office block at Carrickhenry, Tonafortes. This follows recent approval by An Bord Pleanala for the county's first skyscraper hotel on a nearby site. With the completion of the new inner-relief road, including two fly-overs at Carraroe, scheduled for next year, the entrance to the city from the South of the county will take on a spectacular aspect. Development company, Daybleak Properties, are promoting both projects which will cost in the region of € 100m to build and will provide hundreds of jobs during construction and when the two developments come into operation.

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