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by Aidan Crowley on May 22nd, 2025 - 37 Views

Saints Pop-Up Museum Reveals Treasure Trove Of Club Memorabilia By: Aidan Crowley: It’s a scorching hot Saturday afternoon, during the recent hot spell, on Emmet Road, Inchicore. The sounds that normally accompany Friday night matchdays, such as the buzz of conversation and the clang of the turnstiles,... 

by Aidan Crowley on Apr 28th, 2025 - 202 Views

Council-Funded Football Pitch In The Liberties Closed To Local Sports Clubs: By: Aidan Crowley: A full-sized astro-turf football pitch, owned by CBS James’s Street and constructed mainly with money from Dublin City Council (DCC), is currently out-of-bounds to local sports clubs. The pitch is secluded... 

by Aidan Crowley on Mar 13th, 2025 - 383 Views

Plans For Major Bluebell Housing Development To Proceed With Public Consultation: By: Aidan Crowley: Comprehensive plans for a major new housing development in Bluebell, adjacent to the 5th lock on the Grand Canal, are to go out to public consultation soon, according to a recent meeting of Dublin City... 

by Stephen Davis on Mar 11th, 2025 - 335 Views

Marrowbone Lane Housing Project Unveiled for 2025 Set at the strategic junction of Marrowbone Lane and Summer Street South, the development will see the rise of a nine-story mixed-use building housing 40 thoughtfully designed one-bedroom apartments. Ranging from 50.3 to 53 square meters, each apartment... 

by Aidan Crowley on Feb 20th, 2025 - 963 Views

Emmet Road Redevelopment Project Timeline Unveiled By DCC By: Aidan Crowley: Dublin City Council (DCC) has unveiled the timeline for the construction of five hundred and seventy-eight social and cost-rental apartments on the site of the old St. Michael’s Estate, at Emmet Road, Inchicore. In a recent... 

by Aidan Crowley on Jan 30th, 2025 - 1590 Views

Iveagh Trust Gets Green Light For Dolphin’s Barn Development By: Aidan Crowley: Housing charity, The Iveagh Trust, has received planning permission from Dublin City Council (DCC) to build a new complex of apartments on the South Circular Road at Dolphin’s Barn. The Iveagh Trust, which is an historical... 

by Stephen Davis on Nov 4th, 2024 - 544 Views

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... 

by Aidan Crowley on Sep 23rd, 2024 - 644 Views

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... 

by Stephen Davis on Aug 26th, 2024 - 1620 Views

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... 

by Stephen Davis on Aug 26th, 2024 - 924 Views

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... 

by Aidan Crowley on Aug 15th, 2024 - 1345 Views

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... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Jul 29th, 2024 - 560 Views

  (15/07/2024-19/07/2024) 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 be detailed... 

by Aidan Crowley on Jul 25th, 2024 - 1529 Views

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... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Apr 29th, 2024 - 875 Views

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... 

by Aidan Crowley on Apr 26th, 2024 - 984 Views

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... 

by Aidan Crowley on Apr 9th, 2024 - 2194 Views

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... 

by Aidan Crowley on Feb 9th, 2024 - 2901 Views

Major Redevelopment Project At Emmet Road Given Green Light – Aidan Crowley explains in detail where we are with this huge development By Aidan Crowley An Bord Pleanala has finally granted planning permission for Dublin City Council’s (DCC) flagship cost-rental redevelopment project, which is... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Jan 25th, 2024 - 937 Views

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... 

by Aidan Crowley on Jan 25th, 2024 - 1306 Views

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.... 

by Aidan Crowley on Sep 13th, 2023 - 1573 Views

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...