Work has been completed on the new Meath Civil Defence Headquarters, Navan.

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee, officially opened the new headquarters in Mullaghboy Industrial Estate.

The project represents an investment of over €2.6 million, from the Meath County Council's own resources with a contribution from National Civil Defence. The new 970m² sustainable building, encompasses a vehicle bay area, kitchen with adjoining dining room, training room, offices, changing rooms/toilets, stores, comms room and radio room, with an outdoor training area also on site.

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The building has been named 'Moat View House – Arás Radharc an Mhóta' and is the Council’s first building with an A3 Energy Rating. It includes 21 solar PV panels producing a maximum of 4.5kw of electricity for use in the building.

Minister McEntee said: "I was delighted last Friday to officially open the new Meath Civil Defence Headquarters - Arás Radharc an Mhóta.  During this global pandemic we are asked to stand 2 metres apart. But that does not mean we have to be separated in any other respect. The voluntary work of Meath Civil Defence during this pandemic proves this. They have done so much good in so many ways – big and small over the last 7 months – be it helping out other state agencies, or the simple things like dropping off medication or shopping to those in need with a friendly smile behind the mask. The 190 Meath Civil Defence volunteers can feel a sense of pride and achievement in their new state of the art building, and also in their strong local track record that helped make the business case for this investment."