Progress
Report on
There is
very little progress to report on this Project.
We told
you last year that a couple from Louth had made
an offer to buy the Castle from the Gormanov
estate, subject to planning consent.
This
Planning Consent was then sought, and they were
referred to Archaeological experts for advice.
These experts gave them a list and
specification of the work which would be
required of them if they were to be given
permission to go ahead.
The prospective purchasers tell us that
they were informed that this above work would
cost in the neighbourhood of 250,000 euros and
that there would also be a fee payable for the
Archaeological advice and guidance of a further
95,000 euros.
We were
not particularly surprised to learn that the
prospective purchasers have therefore pulled out
of the deal, and are no longer interested in
proceeding.
Presumably the Castle is therefore back on the
market for