Paul Welsh

The accuracy of information in a Council statement issued to national and local media regarding the site selection process for the proposed new council offices, behind Newry Cathedral, has been called into question after the local government body failed to provide supporting evidence after its public claims were challenged. With the cost to ratepayers of the council’s proposed new offices soaring from £7m to build in September 2019 to an estimated £18m today, an increase of £11m or 257% (and that ...