Intent: To update the Carlow County Council Management team on the current status of Greencore owned properties on the Athy Road, Carlow, and issues related to those properties.
Details: Discussed current status of Greencore owned properties on the Athy Road, Carlow.
It was a single meeting held with Coilin O'Reilly, Kieran Cullinane and Padraig O'Gorman at Carlow County Council offices for the purposes of providing an update on the status of Greencore owned properties on the Athy Road, Carlow, ongoing works on the former factory lands and other related matters. - Meeting
Intent: International business is important and we need to continue to support it for many reasons. Not just exports, but also imports play a vital role in our local economies::To realise international ambitions businesses need more financial support, inward buyer visits, research grants, mentoring, trade missions, reverse importing, support for events::To realise international ambitions businesses need more financial support, inward buyer visits, research grants, mentoring, trade missions, reverse importing, support for events
Details: International Carlow - An Exploration of the International Reach and Connections of Companies around Carlow report was launched at the Presidents Lunch
Intent: The premises was ordered to be restored by the High Court, however nothing has happened as yet and the site is an eyesore in its current state, what is happening with this
Details: Former Chester Murrays Premises in Carlow, what is happening
Intent: There needs to be more suport for Councils to embrace the programmes and move forward on the issues of dereliction and vacancy. Very often too many delays in establishing ownership and also reluctance to use the CPO process::CSO's (Compulsory Sale Orders) may be better than CPO's. They do not have a cost and resource burden on the LA and could perhaps be used to move vacant properties forward in the open market and back to use
Intent: The funding was approved months ago for Carlow 2040 and progress is moving at a very slow pace, we need more pressure on the Department and Council to move this project forward now.::The department seems to be particularly slow, partially due to focus on housing and other projects being left to fall behind, it is important that we see progress on projects
Details: Carlow 2040 plans are moving very slow and there is considerable red tape to be processed, it is vital that we see the process move forward.
Intent: Businesses are heavily impacted by not being able to access services on their doorstep, rather the need to go to Portlaoise as their rates are paid to Laois CoCo even though they are within a stones throw of local LEO
Intent: It needs more parts, focus and a proper budget added in order to make it a strong and viable scheme::Planning needs to be updated and overhauled
Details: The town centre first policy is not moving as yet, there is no engine room behind the plan
Intent: There is concern about the lack of progress of various key buildings that are vacant/derelict in Carlow. The building at Shamrock Plaza, Old Crottys Premises, houses on Burrin Street with trees in the roof to mention a few::Vital to see progress in this area, what are the challenges impacting the council in moving forward
