Eyre Square green park option to be debated

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2005 / July 20

An appeal to Galway City Council to abandon the controversial refurbishment of Eyre Square in favour of an enclosed green park is expected to be debated by the local authority tonight. City manager Joe McGrath will also respond to a series of questions lodged by councillors over the €9 million project, which was suspended when Samuel Kingston Construction Ltd, the main contractor on the refurbishment, walked off the site late last month. It subsequently emerged that the owner of the construction firm had been issued with a default notice by Pembrokeshire Housing Association in Wales over unfinished work on a contract.

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