“It’s a thorough disgrace that this public building has been left to lay idle and fall into disrepair,” Mrs Cole said. “It’s easy for Wexford County Councillors to talk about it being utilised now when an election is looming but why didn’t our elected reps ensure that this building was used over the past few years in a time when Wexford people are sleeping rough and it’s estimated that there are 120 homeless people in the locality. Just last week the main charity helping homeless people in the town lost their shop and main source of fundraising due to a disgraceful rates bill imposed by these same council reps.”
“The idea that the old Garda Station can’t be restored and the best solution is for the OPW to sell it off to property developers is disgusting. Other abandoned Garda stations, like the one in Baldwinstown, that have been sold on by the OPW have yielded zero benefits for the people of Wexford. The money disappeared into a public sector black hole while locals were still left with lack of basic services.”
“Why has the old station been left to rot during a local homeless crisis? Why has Wexford County Council been able to increase spending on homeless emergency accommodation by 900% in the last five years? Why did our local reps think that spending over €1 million of taxpayers money on private B&Bs and hotels was a better idea than developing their own emergency hostels in publically own buildings? These questions have to be asked because, despite all the spin and the thin veneer of piety, this Council has effectively stood idly by while a shanty tent town developed around the Wexford and young people inhabited the underside of our bridge.”
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