€2.6m conversion for convent

A FORMER convent, which has stood derelict in Dungarvan, Co Waterford, for years and has become a blackspot for anti-social behaviour, is to be converted into a community building.

The €2.6 million building will incorporate a daycare centre for the elderly, a childcare centre, and facilities for local Boy Scouts.

Town clerk Joe O’Flaherty said: “We have been trying to source funding for the past 18 months, and we have raised €1.6m.”