Birr and the surrounding areas. Last year, we witnessed the closure of Roscrea Court House and now with the imminent closure of Birr, there will be no court houses between Nenagh and Tullamore. If people of South Offaly need to avail of our Court Services, they will have to travel to Nenagh or Tullamore.
We are regularly seeing these announcements right across the board in different sectors where we are seeing the reduction and merging of services. We have yet to hear what the total cost of these savings are. The closure of the Court house in Birr will result in officials and members of the Gardai travelling further to the new courts.
This announcement will greatly effect the businesses in the town . During Court Sittings, there was a financial spin off in terms of restaurants, hotels, accommodation providers and retail. When the government were looking at these savings, the financial loss to the the town wasn't taken into consideration.
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