Doctor feels ‘bullied and victimised’ after council payoff of €3m

AN eye specialist who was forced out of her surgery to make way for a new road has received €3 million — four times the initial value of the building — in compensation for her move.

Carlow eye expert Dr Mona McGarry left her contact lens consultants building on the Athy Road in Carlow town for the last time yesterday after the local authority compulsorily purchased the surgery. It was valued at €750,000 in December 2004.

Dr McGarry was paid €3m for the property after an arbitrator adjudicated on her case. The land was required to make way for a road from the Athy Road to the River Barry, opening it up for a town-centre development.