HSE’s Handling Of Kilcullen Building Shows Common Sense Sometimes "Not All That Common," Says Cllr

Thursday, 17 July 2025 09:51

By Martin Osborne

Locals spent years doing up Teach na nDaoine only for the HSE to put it on the open market.

"Common sense is sometimes not all that common."

That's according to Fine Gael Cllr Tracey O'Dwyer who criticised the HSE after residents in Kilcullen had to fight to obtain a HSE-owned building that was considered "surplus to requirement".

Locals spent years doing up Teach na nDaoine only for the HSE to put it on the open market.

That's also despite locals being told that a lease on the property would be renewed by the HSE but it never materialised.

In an extraordinary turn of events, the transfer of the building has now moved from "agreement in principal" to "agreed", meaning it will no longer be sold on the open market and returned for local use.

It will take some time before it is ready to be used by the local community due to refurbishment works.

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