Tim Butter, who attended the two previous oral hearings on the council's Monard SDZ planning scheme as part of the Monard Concerned Residents Group, said the same issues they had then, remain. But development is unlikely to commence before the next development plan period 2028 to 2034, the council admitted. “It is considered the status of the Monard SDZ in national, regional, sub-regional and county level strategies and programmes will help ensure the necessary investment is made available. “While there has been no formal pre-planning as regards the implementation of Monard SDZ, the council can confirm there is developer and investor interest in the scheme. There has been entirely too much talk about this Monard town plan over the years.

Source: Irish Examiner August 13, 2022 21:46 UTC