An offer of €5,000 towards the costs of the Ros Tapestry building in New Ross is only one third of what is required, councillors said at Wednesday s New Ross Municipal District meeting.
Cathaoirleach Cllr Michael Whelan raised the matter, saying: I and other councillors made representations on behalf of the Ros Tapestry to the economic section. They didn t get all of what they wanted but a substantial amount of money and help in reducing their costs. Unfortunately it has been a tough year for all tourist attractions in the town and in our area.
Cllr Pat Barden said: €5,000 from the economic department isn t much when we re spending €725,000 on our destination towns project and several more major projects are being financed. This project is looking for €15,000 which is absolutely buttons. I cannot see how the offer of €5,000 would be looked at favourably. We need to look after this project which is very important for the town. They are in Kilkenny at the moment. They ar