No new tenants have moved into a new €6.2 million social housing scheme in Scariff, despite an official opening organised by Clare County Council six weeks ago, local councillors have claimed.
Clare County Council chairperson, Alan O’Callaghan (FF), says he can’t explain why the council decided to ask him to officially open a new housing scheme in Scariff last November, before it was fully completed.
Clare County Council held an official opening of two new social housing schemes in Scariff and Sixmilebridge, costing €11.2 million in total, on November 20.
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East Clare correspondent, Dan Danaher is a journalism graduate of Rathmines and UL. He has won numerous awards for special investigations on health, justice, environment, and reports on news, agriculture, disability, mental health and community.