Contract signed for Templemore Town Hall

Construction to begin on €4m enhancement project

THE contract has been signed between Tipperary County Council and Leetherm for the refurbishment and repurposing of Templemore Town Hall.

The project will cost in the region of €4 million and will provide for a Library and an Enterprise and Cultural Centre with surrounding Civic Plaza. The project was enabled by the award of funding from the Department of Rural and Community Development under the Rural Regeneration Development Fund and with Tipperary Co Council providing match funding of over €1 million, which does not include over €0.5 million initially expended by the council on structural works to protect the fabric of the building.

Templemore Community Development Association (TCDA), who identified the need for the repurposing and reuse of the Town Hall in their five-year Community Action Plan launched in 2019, was also a partner to the application for funding.

Kevin Ludlow, chair of TCDA, said they are delighted and very much welcome the signing of the contract. He praised the consultative and inclusive approach taken by the county council during the design process as well as their unwavering commitment in delivering funding for the project along with the councillors and Minister Heather Humphreys and the Department of Community and Rural Development.

The outcome will see the historic Town Hall secured as a landmark building, which will in the near future provide excellence in terms of facilities and service to the community in Templemore and environs, a position it held since originally built by public subscription in 1816 as a Market House and up to the dissolution of Templemore Town Council in 2014.