Retirement village for Nenagh barracks?

A Nenagh councillor has suggested developing a retirement village on the town’s old military barracks site.

Cllr Séamie Morris wanted to discuss proposals for developing the site with the Department of Defence. But he told the May meeting of Nenagh Municipal District that the local authority has been ignored by the department, despite numerous requests for a land title search and to have the site cleaned up and made safe.

Cllr Morris called on local TDs to arrange a meeting between the district and the department so that a plan could be put together for the barracks site. “That is a very important site for Nenagh,” he said. “I’d have a retirement village in there; other people might other ideas.”