Campaign to save a Presbyterian church comes to an end as the building is pulled down.
Contractors move in to demolish a disused church in Sandymout. Local people and An Taisce had been campaiging to preserve the building but their efforts ended with the demolition of the church. Local residents were angry.
I just hope you realise how strongly we feel about his and how terribly upset we are.
The owners of the property the Presbyterian Residential Trust said they had spent seven years trying to decide how the church might be used to provide extra sheltered accommodation. They decided it was not possible to adapt the building and that it had to be demolished. The trust will sell off part of the site and build a new sheltered accommodation complex on the remaining land.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 22 September 1999. The reporter is Richard Dowling.
