LABOUR TD SEÁN KENNY WELCOMES WEEK END PROPOSALS FOR PRIORY HALL RESOLUTION

Posted on April 24, 2012 11:46 AM   |   Permanent Link   

Dublin North East Labour TD Seán Kenny today welcomed the unanimous agreement by the Priory Hall residents, at a specially convened meeting on Sunday, to participate in the resolution process agreed in the Supreme Court on Friday last.

"I welcome this long overdue positive initiative by Dublin City Council to allow a resolution process involving the lending institutions/banks/building societies, the notice parties, Dublin City Council and any other party relevant to the process."

"For the last six months the Priory Hall residents have been being forced to battle with Dublin City Council, government, banks and the developer in their attempts to find a solution. They persistently called for all parties to get around a table to seek a resolution to a disgraceful situation that they had no part in creating."

The resolution process will be chaired by retired Supreme Court Judge and former President of the High Court, Mr. Justice Joseph Finnegan. The Resolution Process is without prejudice to any legal proceedings which are in being or which may be contemplated by any of the parties and no liability in law in any manner howsoever arising will be attributable to the parties as part of the Resolution Process. On Friday last Mr. Justice Hardiman of the Supreme Court described this as a "very good development" and "very promising".

"I participated at a conference side meeting with an official from the office of Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore and representatives of the Priory Hall residents and I proposed a motion at the recent Labour Party Conference calling for a solution, acceptable to the Priory Hall residents. I am hopeful that this resolution process is the start of that solution."