Probe into City Hall blast still going on

Date Published: 07-Apr-2011

BY ENDA CUNNINGHAM

A final report on the cause of an explosion in City Hall last Summer has still not been made public – almost 10 months after the blast ripped through the ground floor of the building.

A spokesperson for the Council told the Galway City Tribune that a report from the Health and Safety Authority is not yet available.

Investigations into the incident “have still not been completed”, according to the local authority.

The explosion – which occurred just before staff arrived for work on June 11 last – shattered windows and caused extensive damages to offices.

At the end of last year, it emerged the Council had lodged an insurance claim for €400,000, despite the cause of the incident being unknown.

Several councillors criticised city officials for failing to release the preliminary findings of their own investigations into the blast.

For more on this story, see the Galway City Tribune.