Offaly councillors clash over retrofit survey funding
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A number of councillors from the Edenderry Municipal District over a funding solution for a feasibility survey into retrofitting homes in the town.
There was an exchange at the March meeting of the Edenderry Municipal District Council between Cllrs Noel Cribbin, Cllr Eddie Fitzpatrick and Cllr John Foley.
Fine Gael councillor Noel Cribbin made a proposal to draw down €13,000 from an existing €170,000 fund for community projects, to enable the completion of the feasibility study on retrofitting homes.
Cllr Cribbin says the completion of the study would allow homeowners in Edenderry to share in a €1 million grant to have their homes retrofitted as Ireland continues to move away from the burning of solid fuels, particularly peat, on which many homes in the Edenderry area are dependent.