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Echoes of Dublin's Wood Quay disaster in Galway?![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() AIB get their way AIB plans to knock part of the mediaeval structure in Galway are approved In spite of objections by An Taisce and Galway City Council's own Heritage Officer, Allied Irish banks have been granted approval by Galway City Council to demolish part of the mediaeval Lynch's Castle in the city's Shop Street in a move that only a few years ago would have been considered farcical and impossible. Oddly, The City Tribune newspaper's account of the matter (July 31st) starts with a paragraph that reads like a PR hand-out, stating how reconstruction will "see the consolidation of their regional operations and the doubling of staff numbers," which is a clear declaration straight from AIB. According to the newspaper, An Taisce consider that the application is "out of keeping with the surrounding townscape," and City Council Heritage Officer Jim Higgins echoed this. |
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