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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... 

Inchicore Library Building Falls Into Disrepair On Council’s Watch

Inchicore Library Building Falls Into Disrepair On Council’s Watch – Aidan Crowley provides details of the sorry situation of Inchicore Library By: Aidan Crowley: The ongoing saga of the future of Inchicore Public Library Heritage Building has taken a new twist, with the recent revelation that... 

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... 

Culture Date with the Trinity Regatta

Culture Date with the Trinity Regatta – Stephen Davis gets some snaps and reports on Trinity’s annual boat race   The Trinity Regatta 2023 was a spectacular event that brought together rowing enthusiasts from all over Ireland and Europe. The event was held on May 13-14, 2023 at the River... 

Reuben Street Aparthotel

Reuben Street Aparthotel – Craig O Reilly reports on the recent controversy Plans have been submitted to Dublin City Council to redevelop a  five story building into a sixteen-bedroom aparthotel at Reuben House on Reuben Street in Dublin 8. There are already appartements on the third and fourth... 

Plans For St. Michael’s Estate Redevelopment Project Currently Stalled

Plans For St. Michael’s Estate Redevelopment Project Currently Stalled – Aidan Crowley provides us with an update on this development Major plans for the redevelopment of the lands at the former St. Michael’s Estate, off Emmet Road, Inchicore, are currently stalled. Last October, Dublin City... 

Kilmainham Mill Restoration Project Continues Apace

Kilmainham Mill Restoration Project Continues Apace – Aidan Crowley provides us with an update on the work at the mill Dublin City Council (DCC) commenced the first phase of major work, last summer, to conserve and restore local landmark, Kilmainham Mill, thought to be the last surviving mill... 

Little Folk, a beloved family-owned shop closes its doors after 50 years

Little Folk, a beloved family-owned shop closes its doors after 50 years Little Folk, a family-owned shop that specialised in communion dresses and christening outfits, has closed its doors after 50 years of serving the community in Dublin 8. The shop, located on Meath Street in The Liberties, announced... 

Dublin City Council Weekly Planning List 09/23 (27/02/2023-03/03/2023)

Dublin City Council Weekly Planning List 09/23 (27/02/2023-03/03/2023) 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... 

Time Please Ladies and Gentlemen

Time Please Ladies and Gentlemen – Another Dublin institution closes its doors for the last time, Stephen Davis takes a moment, to relate its history The Clock Pub on Thomas Street was more than just a place to have a drink. It was a cosy slice of old Dublin, a hub of live music and sports, and... 

Outrage as New Street Post Office Set to Close This Week

Outrage as New Street Post Office set to close this week – Stephen Davis reports on the closure The Post Office on New Street is ceasing to trade this Friday 20th at 4pm. This is the second Post Office to close in the area after the loss of the Kevin Street Post Office. Customers are advised that... 

St. Teresa Gardens Redevelopement

St Teresa’s Gardens Redevelopment – Craig O Reilly surmmarises the redevelopment plans for St Teresa’s Gardens The Land Development Agency, on behalf of Dublin City Council, have submitted a planning application for the redevelopment of St. Teresa’s Gardens. The development aims... 

Land Development Agency Announces Plans for Digital Hub Site

Land Development Agency Announces Plans for Digital Hub Site – Shane Adlum discusses the new plans for the redevelopment of the Digital Hub site on Thomas Street. The Land Development Agency (LDA) have announced plans for the development of the Digital Hub Campus in The Liberties which will see... 

Weekly Planning List 49/22 (05/12/2022-09/12/2022)

Weekly Planning List 49/22 (05/12/2022-09/12/2022) – This week’s planning permissions 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... 

Inchicore Public Library Heritage Building’s New Proposals On Track

Inchicore Public Library Heritage Building’s New Proposals On Track – The latest proposals for the future use of Inchicore Public Library Heritage Building have now been revealed in a series of answers to questions posed to Dublin City Council (DCC) by the Fountain Resource Group’s Dublin... 

Future Of Inchicore Public Library Heritage Building In Major Doubt

Future Of Inchicore Public Library Heritage Building In Major Doubt – Aidan Crowley brings us the story The future of the old art deco style Inchicore Public Library building, on Emmet Road, is in major doubt, with plans for its refurbishment or re-development currently stalled. It is now almost... 
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