Vacancy Watch: a big site near Fatima Luas stop
Even as the government casts around for new land to zone for homes, it is unclear when this plot will be built out.
The database is the latest step in Dublin City Council’s effort to make good on its “5 percent” policy.
“We’ve gone from the concept and theory in the previous council term to trying to embed this, and implement it.”
There’d be more space for pedestrians, cyclists, and outdoor dining. Some car parking spaces would be moved from Harbour Road further up the peninsula.
Regularly at council meetings, councillors ask for smarter bus stops and shelters for commuters in their areas.
“We’re leaving here in three hours,” said Frank Durant, at The Gravediggers.
The council’s current target is to knock and build new social homes on the site in the heart of the south-inner city by early 2028.
It has issued a tender worth an estimated €2 million for engineering consultants to help get estates completed so they’re ready for the council to take them in charge.
Eva Richardson McCrea’s “The Decameron / Na Deich Lá” opens 13 February at Project Arts Centre.
These were some of the issues Fingal county councillors discussed at their monthly meeting on Monday.
Last Thursday, in John’s Lane Church, singer-songwriter Imelda May led the room through an impromptu, slow rendition of “Molly Malone”.
“It’s effectively sitting on residentially zoned land, it just isn’t right.” A spokesperson for the college says it’s considering its options for this parcel.
The planned new homes are to be spread across seven blocks to the front and rear of the Clonsilla Inn.