Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley

You’d almost admire the neck with which Galway City Council offers retrospective justification for its ill-thought-out multi-million-euro move to Crown Square.

The local authority’s latest ‘evidence’ to support its purchase of a new headquarters in Mervue, was contained in propaganda issued last week.

It was all part of a media charm offensive – that included guided tours for reporters of the building shell – ahead of another crucial vote by councillors to approve more borrowing last Monday.

An unknown chunk of that new €60m loan will fit out the building the Council purchased in 2022, also with borrowed money to be repaid by its long-suffering citizens.

The press release said: “The need for new civic offices was identified in a Local Government Audit Service 2017 Value........

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