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The Lost Village Green
Further to recent correspondence in the Lucan Newsletter about the lost village green, your readers might like to know the amount of money that is being spent by South Dublin County Council on what amounts to the destruction of something that made Lucan village special. The earliest photographs of the village that I have seen feature the Green with its trees!
I understand that in all something in excess of 8 million euro is being spent by the Council on 'works' in our village and that the cost of the work, if it is ever finished, on what was our village green is of the order of 3 million euro. I understand that a further 1.3 million euro is being spent on whatever is being built in the space opposite McDonalds. It is legitimate to ask the question if this expenditure is an appropriate use by the Council of tax payers’ and rate payers' money. It would be helpful to have formal confirmation or otherwise of these figures from our local representatives on the Council who have been strangely silent in relation to these works.
It would also be reassuring to have confirmation from our local representatives that there is no truth in the rumour circulating in the village that these works are a form of revenge because the Council's earlier proposals in relation to parking in the village were rejected by the people of Lucan.
Yours sincerely,
Michael Grant
A Huge Thank You to:
Lucan Reed Cross Committee and Members for a wonderful evening at Lucan Spa Hotel on Sunday.
We had a delicious meal, four-course, served piping hot, followed buy dancing and a raffle.
Looking forward to next year D.V.
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