Officials never told us about damage to city centre, say councillors

OFFICIALS face tough questions over what they knew and when they were informed about subsidence in one of the oldest parts of Kilkenny city.

The Office of Public Works, which is overseeing the River Nore Drainage Scheme in the heart of Kilkenny city, says local authority members were informed of a crack on the roadway along John’s Quay a year ago.

It says officials sitting on a steering committee were also told in mid-July about visits to homes along the quay.