Public Need to Know the Full Facts about Sky Garden

Public Need to Know the Full Facts about Sky Garden

Sinn Féin councillor Chris O’Leary has called on the City Manager to make a full statement to the council regarding his officials’ dealings with celebrity gardener Diarmuid Gavin over the controversial Sky Garden project.

He was speaking after councillors received correspondence from Diarmuid Gavin and his design team requesting to address a full meeting of the council on the issue and suggesting that council officials sought to keep information out of the public domain.

Cllr O’Leary said:

“I am deeply concerned at this latest development.”

“It is clear from the correspondence I have received that council officials put pressure on Diarmuid Gavin and his design team to keep certain information about dealings between them out of the public domain.”

“What is it that officials are so anxious to hide from the public and their elected representatives?”

“Significant sums of the council’s money are at stake in this project at a time when the council is seriously under-funded and services are being cut back. If the manager wishes to retain the confidence of the public and elected representatives, he should now make a full statement to the council on the matter and put the history of Cork City Council’s dealings with Diarmuid Gavin into the public domain. If he is not willing to do this, then he should consider his position.”

For further information or comment contact Cllr Chris O’Leary @ 087-2794307