Traders not happy with plans for town square

PROPOSALS for a €3 million revamp of Dungarvan’s historic central landmark, Grattan Square, have encountered an unexpectedly hostile reaction from business interests and may well force the Town Council’s architects to rethink their overall plans for the area.

Up to 300 people are employed in the 50 businesses located in the square but a spokesman for them has warned that if the “unexciting’ plans presently on the table for its upgrade are proceeded with many of these 300 jobs will be seriously at risk.

Within days of the plans being discussed at a meeting of council officials and business interests, Grattan Square traders have criticised proposals they say are as disappointing as they are basic.