OPW to be asked to buy McNamara site at cut price

THE members of Ennis Town Council last night agreed to request the Office of Public Works (OPW) to investigate the possibility of purchasing a town centre site co-owned by developer Bernard McNamara for a knock-down price.

Lisdoonvarna native Mr McNamara, along with local developers, Sean Lyne and Noel Connellan, are the directors of Dwellblin Construction Ltd, which owns the two-acre site adjacent to Ennis’s historic Abbey.

Documents recently filed with the Companies Office show that a separate company controlled by the three, Radoo Lands Ltd, recorded an €8 million write-down in 2009 relating to their shares in Dwellblin Construction Ltd.