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has learned that a new main contractor has been em- ployed to complete the multi-million euro projects by Mowlam Health- Neos Work recommenced on the site yes- terday.
The Killimer Road nursing home was last month the subject of a number of pickets by subcontractors claiming to be owed tens of thou- sands by main contractors Siteline Construction.
Ennis based builder Josie Canavan said he was owed more than €60,000 while the main painting subcontrac- tor and plastering subcontractor claimed they were owed €46,000 and €11,000 respectively.
Speaking yesterday, Clare based roofer Ger Mungovan said he was
being forced to pay taxes for jobs that he was never himself paid for.
“We worked on the site for a good three or four months. We started working there in the April of 2007 and had three people working there most of the time but we would have around 5 or 6 there at the busy times,’ | aTemny-N (GE
“IT managed to get some money from Siteline at Christmas time. At the time they owed me €26,000 – I lost it with them on the phone and they paid me €18,000.”
A spokesman for Mowlam Health- care, the group behind the new nurs- ing home, confirmed to