Row threatens to scupper €3.5m daycare centre

A ROW involving the Fr Harry Bohan-led board of an Ennis hospital is threatening to derail €3.5 million plans for a daycare centre and sheltered housing for the elderly in Ennis.

Already the row over access to the proposed dev-elopment has resulted in the voluntary group driving the project, Cuan an Chláir, missing out on an approved €2.1m grant from the Department of the Environment to construct the 12 sheltered homes.

Since 2008, Cuan an Chláir has raised almost €400,000 in local fundraising for the daycare centre, with the group spending €240,000 on professional and planning fees to date.