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catbear

I think the only condition attached to the brewery site was that another brewer can't set up there, probably protecting their Kilkenny beer brand from competition.

At least now with Callan its established that it does not belong to anyone but the Augustinians, I asked twice who the deeds resided with.

kikel

catbear wrote: »

At least now with Callan its established that it does not belong to anyone but the Augustinians, I asked twice who the deeds resided with.

Totally respect you would like the questioned answered about who has the deeds but does it really matter in this case? It's on a 999 year lease. You are correct it does not belong to 'the people of callan' but it is under the control for the of a group of people who are meant to represent the people of callan for the close to the 999 years. In my eyes that's as good as owning it. But the Augustinians are making sure that no one individual can hold the deeds which they hope will means the people of callan get a long term benefit from it.

foxcoverteddy

All we change is owner for lessee, it is sold as normal with x years remaining, which in this case is a very long time, there could be a peppercorn rent payable, there is not a lot anyone can say or do, you can shout or pull faces but the new lessees are the owners and you must abide by their rules. One wonders what the move will be on the old 's cool, will this become part of the growing empire. Probably one should question the directors though not for any benefit. Foxy

foxcoverteddy

There is not any other group or association who could have taken the friary over, I guess we should be thankful it is going to be maintained for the foreseeable future, in truth Callan could or would have been a run down suburb without the groups intervention,one only has to remember bridge street and even now parts of Mill street are dire, I have to say it Callan has been lucky it was chosen, this sort of a u turn, but Callan could not look after itself, so I suggest it is time to stop complaining and wish the company good fortune and enjoy our town. A lot of thinking has gone into this, and as long as Callan is the winner so be it. Foxy

Ma1122

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hi5

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Cabaal

Thought its worth resurrecting this thread especially since it previously had details posted by others about the Friary Complex in the town and actions being taken by Callan Community Network and its news in Callan today.

A brief recap on recent events, last summer Callan Community Network started trying to evict the town's community creche from its purpose build taxpayer-funded building at the back of the Friary Complex, people in the community got very annoyed about such a tactic and so a large street protest took place and three large community meetings took place in the town where 100's of people showed support for what was going on and a number of local TD's and councillors also showed their support. Time and time again people called for Callan Community Network to no longer have control over the friary complex during these meetings as it was felt they did not have the town's best interests at heart, people asked the Friary Trust to take the lease off of them.

Well, as of today its been announced by the Friary Trust that Callan Community Network has handed their lease back to them. So Callan Community Network no longer is attempting to evict the town's community creche, a great relief to the parents, children and workers who have been upset by this whole situation.

Honestly, in all my years in Callan I only remember two protests taking place, the protests in Bridge Street to get the Callan Bypass build back in the early 1990's and the protest to save the community creche. i guess this shows just how much anger and upset CCN caused in the town.

Odyssey 2005

Great result. Was only talking about this issue with someone yesterday. Wonder Will this scupper the proposed creche in the Friary Walk development.

Cabaal

Odyssey 2005 wrote: »

Great result. Was only talking about this issue with someone yesterday. Wonder Will this scupper the proposed creche in the Friary Walk development.

Certainly is a good result for the community, parents and workers. Good for people to have the choice of a community crèche and not just be restricted to private operators.

If there's demand enough in the town another crèche should be grand, but I will say planning for one and one actually been build is another thing altogether.

Bolton Woods had plans for a crèche but it never happened for example. Now apparently the developer wants to build two extra houses instead.

I seem to remember that when the retail area was first completed beside Friary walk it initially had a crèche up stairs where the HSE stuff above the GP/medical centre is now. It didn't last very long though.