Site for the Department of the Marine office identified

THE Office of Public Works has firmly identified a site in West Cork for a proposed decentralised office of the Department of Marine.

The proposed office block in Clonakilty, to facilitate 91 civil servants, is on the Government’s “early movers list” in its decentralisation programme.

First announced in the 2003 budget, the decentralised department offices in Clonakilty are expected to be up and running by late 2006.