The Department of Agriculture in the North have said they will not release a business plan into the relocation of its headquarters to Ballykelly.
It was announced in September 2012 that 800 civil service jobs would be moving from Belfast to Ballykelly, even though a leaked memo revealed that Strabane actually topped a table of suitable locations for the jobs.
Strabane District Council had submitted a freedom of information request to see the business case which led to Ballykelly being chosen ahead of Strabane.
Strabane Cllr Patsy Kelly has described DARD’s decision not to release the business case as ‘shameful’….
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