€10 million in “ring-fenced” funding for the refurbishment of Stillorgan pool in south Dublin appears to have been cancelled after the project was reclassified in Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council’s list of capital projects. From March 2014, the council has maintained the €10 million necessary to reopen the pool was “ring-fenced” in its capital budget. For the past 18 months negotiations between pool neighbours Kilmacud Crokes GAA Club and the council on access during the refurbishment have been ongoing. The project is among a list of schemes amounting to some €34 million which are classified as “funding not available”. Asked about the money he said he believed the council would make the money available, but declined to elaborate.

Source: The Irish Times February 07, 2019 00:56 UTC