Sinéad Burke of Sinn Féin has called for extensive community consultation to be carried out immediately to plan for the future use of the old Laytown Library. The building has been boarded up for a considerable time now and is in considerable disrepair.
Sinéad Burke said, “I have called on Meath County Council to carry out a full community consultation, which should include all the stakeholders, to decide on the future use of the old Laytown Library at the entrance to Alverno Heights. Given the chronic lack of resources for young people in Laytown I think it is wrong to see this fine building standing idle. Many communities have experienced the link lack of youth facilities has with anti-social and nuisance behaviour. A well-managed youth café or after-school club would provide our young people with an opportunity to socialise, work and study in a supervised environment.
"Council official have tried to side step this issue by blaming the current economic climate and claiming they cannot deal with the Laytown site until they have found an alternative site for the library. This is simply unacceptable. It provides us with an immediate opportunity to invest in our young people’s future.”
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