€1million Tipperary project on long-derelict building due to be complete by end of year
Work is progressing on a €1million Tipperary project, which is part of attempts to regenerate a south Tipperary town.
In Carrick-on-Suir, councillors were invited to see progress on the Digital and Enterprise Working Hub project, at the derelict former post office in the town, on 43 Main Street.
The project, costing €1,054,350, is being funded by the Rural Regeneration Development Fund and part funded by Tipperary County Council.
Included in the works on the post office are refurbishing the derelict site into the Digital and Enterprise Working Hub incorporating single and shared offices including toilets, showers and kitchen facilities, conservation repair to the existing building fabric along with a new lift to improve accessibility, retention of the carriage arch at the front of the building to form part of a reception / public entrance leading to the landscaped rear garden and terrace.
A state-of-the-art multi-media room with facilities for creating podcasts along with video conferencing facilities will also be developed in the building.
Marlhill Construction Services Ltd, Jack Coughlan Architects (JCA), Malachy Walsh and Partners, Engineering and Environmental Consultants and Michael Barrett Partnership Quantity Surveyors (MBQS) are the contractors on the project.
District councillors were invited on a site visit to see the progress, with Marlhill Construction showing the local representatives the key parts of the build.
Works are 33 per cent complete, councillors were told, with the project expected to be complete by November 2025.
Progress was welcomed by Carrick-on-Suir Cathaoirleach David Dunne, who expressed his delight at seeing the long-derelict site being brought back into use.