‘No basis’ for €20m estimate for Eyre Square

Date Published: 28-Oct-2008

THE Galway City Manager has said there is “no basis at all” for claims that the final bill for the controversial Eyre Square Enhancement Scheme could come to €20 million.

However, Joe MacGrath refused to speculate on what the eventual cost of the project could be, but said the outcome would not have any financial impact on the day-to-day running of the Council.

Last week, Mayor of Galway Padraig Conneely claimed the costs for Eyre Square could hit €20 million after the Council lost a High Court bid to overturn the decision of an arbitration hearing – which arose after the original contractor on the site Samuel Kingston Construction Ltd was accused of abandoning the site.

“There is absolutely no basis at all for the €20 million figure. I didn’t put that into the public domain. The only costing we …