Sean Mulryan, founder and CEO of the Ballymore Group, who is behind the drive to create Ireland's first green, sustainable city in Athlone by 2040"Someone needs to push the button" on Athlone city projectThe man behind the drive to transform Athlone into a new green sustainable city with a population of 100,000 people by 2040 has said the future of the project is in the hands of the Taoiseach and his team. “We need to get them to press the green button and get on with it,” he remarked. During a 40-minute presentation on the Athlone City Vision, which was led by David Killion, elected members were given an outline of the masterplan for creating a city in Athlone. “We have got no negatives on this, everybody says it's great, but somebody needs to push the button, we have brought it this far and it is now down to the Taoiseach and his team." Read full report from today's meeting in this week's print edition of the Westmeath Independent, out on Wednesday.

Source: Irish Independent January 26, 2026 22:42 UTC