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Former Guinness Brewery Site St James’s Gate Development Plans
Former Guinness Brewery Site St James’s Gate Development Plans
Detailed plans for a 500+-unit mixed-use scheme within the historic St James’s Gate brewery grounds were formally submitted in October 2025, setting out a major expansion of the previously proposed Guinness Quarter into a new residential,...
From Lavatory to Latte Kevin Street’s Toilets Set for a New Life as Tearooms
From Lavatory to Latte Kevin Street’s Historic Toilets Set for a New Life as Tearooms
In the heart of Dublin 8 at the corner of Kevin Street Upper and New Street South stands a modest but historic piece of Dublin’s urban fabric an underground Victorian public toilet long out of use and largely forgotten....
Plans For Major Meath Street Redevelopment Get Green Light
Plans For Major Meath Street Redevelopment Get Green Light
By: Aidan Crowley:
Comprehensive plans for a major redevelopment of Meath Street in the historic Liberties area of Dublin, have finally been approved by Dublin City Council (DCC).The plans, part of the Meath Street Public Realm Improvement Scheme,...
Saints Pop-Up Museum Reveals Treasure Trove Of Club Memorabilia
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,...
Council-Funded Football Pitch In Basin Lane Closed To Local Sports Clubs
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...
Plans For Bluebell Housing Development To Proceed With Consultation
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...
Marrowbone Lane Housing Project Unveiled for 2025
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...
Emmet Road Redevelopment Project Timeline Unveiled By DCC
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...
Iveagh Trust Gets Green Light For Dolphin’s Barn Development
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...
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...
