Graignamanagh fire station demolished to make way for new housing
A small part of old Graignamanagh began to disappear today to make room for future development.
Demolition work began on the old fire station, already replaced with a modern facility on the outskirts of the town.
The site will now be used to build much-needed new homes.
Plans for the site are to construct two, one-bed apartments. Each will have a garden and a parking space.
A high proportion of Kilkenny County Council housing list applicants are seeking one or two-bed homes. Announcing the plans for these apartments, in 2019, councillors were told the then housing list had 43 people who expressed a first preference to live in Graignamanagh and 70 further ‘all preferences.’
The station was in use since the 1960s and was too small to cope with the demands of a modern fire and rescue service. A new fire station was opened four years ago.