It's being claimed that Galway City Council didn't carry out "due diligence" on alternatives to buying its new headquarters at Crown Square in Mervue.
The €45m deal was agreed in 2022 - but three years later, and it's widely feared it could end up costing up to an extra €20m to €30m before it's ready to occupy.
At that time, it was argued that spending €40m on a radical upgrade of the existing City Hall at College Road wasn't a good investment.
But Councillor Alan Cheevers claims it now very much appears that idea was never looked at in depth - and the Crown Square decision was rushed through.
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David Nevin has been speaking to him to find out the reasoning behind that claim.
