Killarney pool to cost extra €800k

Killarney Town Council will have to pay an additional almost €800,000 to finalise the contract for a sports centre and swimming pool which former ceann comhairle John O’Donoghue “helped build” .

The final cost of the Killarney Sports and Leisure Centre. built with the direct encouragement of then arts, sport and tourism minister John O’Donoghue, will now be €16.75 million.

A special meeting of Killarney Town Council heard last night how, almost three years after it was officially opened, extras claimed by Limerick contractor Frank McGrath were only now agreed.