Fáilte staff want to stay in Dublin

PROPOSALS to decentralise 200 jobs to Mallow could take 10 years to complete because Fáilte Ireland staff want to remain in Dublin.

Concerns were raised in Mallow yesterday after the chairman and a board member of Fáilte Ireland admitted a number of staff were reluctant to move from their Dublin headquarters to the north Cork town.

The Government announced in 2003 that Mallow was to acquire decentralised offices. However it gave no time frame for the move.