*Mayor of the Ennis MD, Cllr Pat Daly. Photograph: Tom Micks
ENNIS’ Mayor has called on Clare County Council and Ennis 2040 DAC to find an alternative location for the Abbey Street car park development.
An investment of €15m and the delivery of 142 permanent jobs has been promised for the Abbey Street car park development in the Ennis 2040 strategy. It aims to deliver a corporate headquarters for Ennis with an anchor retail store, public plaza and boardwalk which will link to Harvey’s Quay and the Post Office Field.
However the plans have caused a split within the Ennis Municipal District as elected representatives have continuously clashed on the proposal.
Now the town’s first citizen, Cllr Pat Daly (FF) has come out strongly insisting that Abbey Street car park cannot be used for the development. “Abbey St car park is part of our heritage. It is one of the main civic spaces in our town, accommodating customers for over fifty years, to take that away would be seriously wrong, I would say to Ennis 2040 find another location, I believe it would be the best way forward,” he told The Clare Echo.
