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Dublin City Council Redevelopment Basin Street Complex
Dublin City Council Redevelopment Basin Street Complex
Dublin City Council has submitted planning applications on an ambitious redevelopment project for the Basin Street complex, a significant step towards revitalizing this historic area in The Liberties. The project aims to transform the existing 1950’s...
Long-Running Saga Of Renovating Inchicore Library Nears Endgame
Long-Running Saga Of Renovating Inchicore Public Library Nears Endgame
By: Aidan Crowley:
The long-running saga of the proposed renovation of Inchicore Public Library Heritage Building on Emmet Road. looks to be finally heading for a conclusion. The distinctive old art deco building, which opened as...
Player Willis Factory plans up in smoke?
Player Willis Factory plans up in smoke?
Is the development of the Player Wills factory on the South Circular Road another white elephant like the Iveagh Markets?
Timeline of the Player Wills Development in Dublin
2018: The American real estate company Hines acquired the former Player Wills cigarette...
Seven-storey Aparthotel Development Thomas Street
Seven-storey Aparthotel Development Thomas Street
Welthomas Property has submitted plans for a new seven-storey aparthotel at 151 Thomas Street, Dublin, adjacent to The Masonry. This proposed development will feature 93 rooms, along with a bar and events space, aiming to enhance the hospitality offerings...
Major Grand Canal Harbour Development Nears Completion
Major Grand Canal Harbour Development Nears Completion:
Aidan Crowley brings us up to date with the large scale development at Grand Canal Harbour
The expansive, state-of-the-art, development at Grand Canal Harbour, Grand Canal
Place, off James’s Street, which offers a dynamic new living experience...
Upgrade Of Major Road Junction In Drimnagh To Proceed
Upgrade Of Major Road Junction In Drimnagh To Proceed:
By: Aidan Crowley:
Dublin City Council (DCC), with the support of the National Transport Authority (NTA), has recently issued a proposal to upgrade the junction of Suir Road, Davitt Road, Dolphin Road and Slievenamon Road, where they intersect at...
Dublin City Council (15/04/2024-19/04/2024)
Dublin City Council (15/04/2024-19/04/2024)
All applications received will be considered by the Planning Authority to determine their validity in accordance
with Planning and Development Regulations 2001. Any application pending validation listed hereunder, and
subsequently declared to be invalid, will...
Major Restoration Works Finally Commence At Iveagh Markets
Major Restoration Works Finally Commence At Iveagh Markets:
By: Aidan Crowley:
Major restoration works have finally commenced at the historic Iveagh Markets building on Francis Street in the Liberties. The protected structure, which was gifted to the people of Dublin by Edward Cecil Guinness of the...
Kilmainham Residents Concerned Over Connects Changes
Kilmainham Residents Concerned Over Connects Changes By: Aidan Crowley.
Concerns have been expressed by some Kilmainham residents about the introduction
of a BusConnects corridor, which is due to include the route along Old Kilmainham,
Mount Brown and James’s Street. Local residents and councillors...
Dublin City Council (08/01/2024-12/01/2024)
Dublin City Council (08/01/2024-12/01/2024)
All applications received will be considered by the Planning Authority to determine their validity in accordance
with Planning and Development Regulations 2001. Any application pending validation listed hereunder, and
subsequently declared to be invalid, will...
Former Inchicore Youth Club Site Earmarked For Redevelopment
Former Inchicore Youth Club Site Earmarked For Redevelopment
A former youth club on Tyrconnell Road, Inchicore, which has been lying derelict for nearly twenty years, has been earmarked for a new mixed-use redevelopment. However, the developers, Pathway Homes Limited, who are based in Ballisodare, Co....
Councillors Vote To Retain Architects For Major Emmet Road Housing Scheme
Councillors Vote To Retain Architects For Major Emmet Road Housing Scheme
Dublin City Councillors have voted overwhelmingly in favour of retaining Bucholz McEvoy Architects as the project lead architects, for the proposed major Emmet Road, Inchicore, housing scheme on the lands of the former St. Michael’s...
Traffic Restrictions For The Kilmainham to Thomas Street Travel project
Traffic Restrictions For The Kilmainham to Thomas Street Travel project
Work has begun on the the Kilmainham to Thomas Street Travel project, a core active travel network funded by the National transport Authority.
The project aims to improve cycling and walking facilities from Kilmainham Gaol to Thomas...
BusConnects New Bus Connects Route
BusConnects On New Bus Connects Route
BusConnects has submitted planning permission for the Kimmage to City Centre Bus Corridor Scheme. The scheme will be 3.7km in length and it will enhance bus priority measures for public and private bus services using the corridor. It is part of an overall plan to...
Guinness Quarter Development
Guinness Quarter Development – Craig gives a complete overview of this huge development
Ballymore have been given the go ahead to redevelop the site at St James’s gate in Dublin 8 for mixed use residential housing, hotels and offices. The development will be a new neighbourhood called the Guinness...
Tathony House Tenants Win Eviction Battle
Tathony House Tenants Win Eviction Battle
The Residential Tenancies Board (RTB) has declared the eviction notices served to nearly 100 tenants of Tathony House in Dublin 8 as invalid. The tenants, who have been living in the building for years, faced the threat of homelessness since October 2022, when...
Bank on James Street Reopens As Art Space
Bank on James Street reopens as art space – Stephen Davis as the news on this welcome cultural repurposing
The former Bank of Ireland branch on the corner of James Street and Watling Street in Dublin, which was mentioned in James Joyce’s Ulysses, will reopen on Friday as an exhibition and workspace...
