Coughlan: Decentralisation on track

THE decentralisation of Department of Agriculture and Food laboratories to Macroom, Co Cork, is on track, Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan disclosed during a visit to the town yesterday.

She said the Office of Public Works is in the process of evaluating the responses received.

“This process should be completed early in the new year and, following site selection, the Decentralisation Implementation Group expect construction to get underway in the last quarter of 2007.