Ahern ‘not happy’ with operator of Aquatic Centre

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern reluctantly rowed into the National Aquatic Centre fiasco yesterday when he expressed deep dissatisfaction with Dublin Waterworld, the company contracted to run the facility.

“The Government and I are not happy at all with the performance of the company,” he told the Dáil.

Campus and Stadium Ireland Development (CSID), the State body which owns the €62 million centre, leased it to Dublin Waterworld in 2003. The centre opened in April of that year.