Town set to be right at the heart of decentralisation

DECENTRALISATION might be like the No 3 bus — you wait for ages, and hundreds of jobs come along all at once.

While the Cabinet contorts itself about the wisdom of implementing last year's Budget bombshell on decentralisation now that its instigator Charlie McCreevy has gone all central to Europe, towns around the country await news of jobs bonanzas that may yet follow in his wake.

One such expectation spot is Kanturk, promised 100 OPW jobs, and now with a house project launch at prices to make Dublin-bound civil and public servants sit up and take notice.