Challenge to tendering system for builders will negatively impact housing repairs, Council tells court

Kildare Co Council says a High Court challenge to a panel system for choosing builders to do works, is likely to have "significant negative consequences" for its ability to repair its houses and adapt dwellings for the disabled.

Builder Robert Owens, Kilberry, Athy, Co Kildare, has brought judicial review proceedings over the council's decision to eliminate him from a tendering process for the panel system.