Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 4 May 2017

Public Accounts Committee

Bord na gCon: Financial Statements 2015

9:00 am

Photo of Bobby AylwardBobby Aylward (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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In hindsight, do the witnesses think Bord na gCon handled this sale, if one calls it that, well? I am told that the board of Harold's Cross was not even notified. I was told that a week before, some of the witnesses met the director of the stadium and guaranteed that Bord na gCon would keep it open for another 12 months. The following Monday, there were padlocks on the gates and a lot of stuff was removed that Monday morning so that it could not be viable or workable. Is that the way to treat people or a board? Is it right to do so without consultation? It seems to be a dictatorship rather than consultation.