You’ve read about the bike sheds, now in the latest spending scandal, a local council is restoring a retaining wall at 50 euro PER BLOCK, a price local stone masons say they wouldn’t dream of charging… And once more you’re paying.
One contractor said the highest they would've charged for the wall, per metre, was €750 – and that was if 'all costs were stretched'… this one is costing €3,300 per metre