What facilities are needed in West Dublin?

r3nu4l

Just having a think about the various facilities in West Dublin, we're blessed with good parks, we have a multiplex cinema and large shopping centre and retail park but what's missing?

What do you think West Dublin needs* that it doesn't already have?





*Lapdancing clubs is not the kind of thing I'm thinking of

Miss Lockhart

Well, the Lucan area needs a good public swimming pool.

DO'Carlo/Wex

I can ondly speak about an area dear to my heart. Newcastle.
It needs stuff imo that could be done with PPP.
Like a library. Currently there is ondly a Leabharlann Bus that comes around 1-nce a week or month & parks outside Village Hall. Could there one be based IN The Hall?
Is Clondalkins' Library under-utilised I wonder? I've often found it's slightly out of the way but that could just be me.
I think every town & village wants a swimming-pool. But won't get it. Nearest one is in Citywest Gym. WHich is private.
I also think it NEEDS a public-park. Like what Rathcoole has. Newcastle thrill-seekers or exercise-walkers take their' chances on the by-roads like Athgoe Hill up & around & down it. Or Lyons Rd. & onto the Canal. Lovely areas but not as safe as a decent-sized park like Rathcoole.
Also a shuttle-bus service taking in Greenogue I.E. to say Arrow Train Station in Celbridge & Luas. At the moment the shuttle-bus serving Arrow Train Station only goes to Celbridge afaik. Does anyone on here know if it meets every-train both ways? Or is it an intermitent service (& definitely NOT on SUndays)?
I'm away from the village a long-time now & won't be going back anytime soon as I found it very out of the way. That can be a good thing though!
The sooner Macs is renovated & the Hotel gets back to being built the better.

Mellor

DO'Carlo/Wex wrote: »

Like a library. Currently there is ondly a Leabharlann Bus that comes around 1-nce a week or month & parks outside Village Hall. Could there one be based IN The Hall?
Is Clondalkins' Library under-utilised I wonder? I've often found it's slightly out of the way but that could just be me.

Surely the library in Lucan is nearer, its a straight road away from Newcastle village

r3nu4l

Mellor wrote: »

Surely the library in Lucan is nearer, its a straight road away from Newcastle village

That's what I would have thought too Unless Newcastle is outside the catchment area of the Lucan Library. Do they have catchment areas?

Also, I remember the library bus myself before Lucan had the new Library. I used to love going to it...a library in a bus? That's mad Ted!!

Miss Lockhart

I would think it is totally unacceptable to expect people from Newcastle to use Lucan library - it is well over an hours walk to Superquinn Lucan from Newcastle and they are not connected by public transport!

Also,while I agree that "every town and village wants a swimming pool" - I really think Lucan must be one of the places with the largest population without a public pool. It's ridiculous imo.

r3nu4l

Well for a long time, even when Lucan was bigger than Newcastle is now, we had to rely on the library bus because we didn't have a library. You'll also find that the politicians are pretty useless on this one. Every time elections came around they promised that if elected they would fight for a library for Lucan. What they meant was that they would try to push the idea on a slow Tuesday and if it got nowhere, they wouldn't really try that hard again

I do think a public swimming pool is necessary though. That's for sure!