What would become of the Civic Offices on Wood Quay if the council relocates?
After The Currency reported the idea of the council moving its HQ, councillors were talking about and thinking through the pros and cons and implications.
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The plaza needs help, says Sean Mullan, owner of the Third Space cafe. “Someone with the imagination that we could make this a vibrant space that belongs to the city.”
“It’s coming during this wave when people are bringing trad music into modern spaces. But it came out of pure experimentation,” says musician Ian Nyquist.
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Years back, the Office of Public Works said it would figure out what to do with the homes on Garda Terrace, but it still hasn’t yet said what.
A council spokesperson says they are looking at reopening a basement cafe, and exhibition space.
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When designs for the new-look plaza at the corner of South Great George’s Street and Dame Lane went before councillors last year, they said it looked like a hotel entrance.
A giant colourful candle holder stood atop the O’Connell Plinth for two years until May 2023. Since then, nothing.
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“It was hugely dispiriting,” says Labour Councillor Darragh Moriarty, who chairs Dublin City Council’s arts committee.
Gardaí need to “send everybody away as soon as they turn up with their bags of cans and their bottles of wine”, says Fine Gael Councillor David Coffey.