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Phibsborough, Dublin 7

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    #422
    SmartinMartin
    Registered Users Posts: 2,937 ✭✭✭SmartinMartin


    bigslick wrote: »
    Ah that would be quite the change. Where did you see/hear this, or just on the grapevine?

    There's a public meeting about it in the maples Hotel next Monday.


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    #423
    hankless
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭hankless


    Zipppy wrote: »
    Wee phibsboro dronevideo...
    https://youtu.be/wDXlVNCsGa4

    That was great! I thought it was going to be too long when i opened it but it sucked me in :)

    What drone were you using? I've seen one hovering around the area of Dr.Quirkey's Casino at night time, a few times, but didn't see any night footage in yours.


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    #424
    deep_dish
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭deep_dish


    Is there anything that can be done about people breaking the red light at the crossroads in the centre of the village? It absolutely infuriates me. Nothing more so than when someone does it and you can see them on their phone while they speed through a red.

    The junction is a nightmare to try and cross and is almost as dangerous when you're just standing there waiting. I saw a crash a few weeks ago where one car landed inches away from the entrance to Doyle's pub. If anyone had been standing there, they'd have been wiped out or used as a buffer between the vehicle and the wall.

    Can anything be done? I'm willing to give up my time, my skill set, my anything that can help. Can warning signs be erected? A better CCTV system? Contact some politicians? Anything?


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    #425
    morritty
    Registered Users Posts: 888 ✭✭✭morritty


    deep_dish wrote: »
    Is there anything that can be done about people breaking the red light at the crossroads in the centre of the village? It absolutely infuriates me. Nothing more so than when someone does it and you can see them on their phone while they speed through a red.

    The junction is a nightmare to try and cross and is almost as dangerous when you're just standing there waiting. I saw a crash a few weeks ago where one car landed inches away from the entrance to Doyle's pub. If anyone had been standing there, they'd have been wiped out or used as a buffer between the vehicle and the wall.

    Can anything be done? I'm willing to give up my time, my skill set, my anything that can help. Can warning signs be erected? A better CCTV system? Contact some politicians? Anything?
    Can something be done? sure!

    Will something be done? doubt it, it's been talked about for years, Also i saw an article a few years ago on the journal with a survey about breaking the lights there https://www.thejournal.ie/red-lights-at-junction-in-phibsborough-1792532-Nov2014/


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    #426
    Zipppy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Zipppy


    deep_dish wrote:
    Is there anything that can be done about people breaking the red light at the crossroads in the centre of the village? It absolutely infuriates me. Nothing more so than when someone does it and you can see them on their phone while they speed through a red.

    deep_dish wrote:
    The junction is a nightmare to try and cross and is almost as dangerous when you're just standing there waiting. I saw a crash a few weeks ago where one car landed inches away from the entrance to Doyle's pub. If anyone had been standing there, they'd have been wiped out or used as a buffer between the vehicle and the wall.

    deep_dish wrote:
    Can anything be done? I'm willing to give up my time, my skill set, my anything that can help. Can warning signs be erected? A better CCTV system? Contact some politicians? Anything?


    DCC currently developing a new public realm for the area incl Doyle's Corner.. phase 1 going ahead soon..and will invole traffic calming measures..
    However bus connects plans may see big increase in general traffic going through junction...


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    #427
    pmcc1
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭pmcc1


    deep_dish wrote: »
    Is there anything that can be done about people breaking the red light at the crossroads in the centre of the village?
    ..
    Can anything be done?

    Absolutely. You can make a submission to the NTA seeking traffic-calming & pedestrian-friendly measures at Doyle's Corner. The Bus Connects project seeks to redesign elements of the crossroads but their plans fall way short of whats required. Their plans also involve diverting extra traffic (a lot of extra traffic) to Phibs.

    Public Consultation closes this Friday March 29th for route 5 (diverted traffic), and on April 30th for Route 3 (Doyle's Corner re-design).

    Suggestion for NTA submission:
    • Install a raised pedestrian table at Doyles Corner to deter red-light running & taking the junction at speed.
    • Reconfigure pedestrian crossings at Doyles Corner as a wrap-around pedestrian crossing (all four lit together)
    This upgrade was awaited under DCC’s 2016 Local Environmental Improvement Plan – but is being derailed by BusConnects Route 3.

    Submission here:
    busconnects.ie/initiatives/core-bus-corridor-public-consultation/


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    #428
    deep_dish
    Registered Users Posts: 48 ✭deep_dish


    Thank you. I've emailed the NTA to seek assistance.


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    #429
    Zipppy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Zipppy


    Small while dog found in Phibsboro this eve..PM me for info...


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    #430
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    Zipppy wrote: »
    Wee phibsboro dronevideo...
    https://youtu.be/wDXlVNCsGa4

    That was excellent, thanks for posting!

    I always find it mad there's a pitch and putt course in Shandon. I've never actually seen it I don't think.


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    #431
    Zipppy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Zipppy


    Interested Observer wrote:
    I always find it mad there's a pitch and putt course in Shandon. I've never actually seen it I don't think.


    And well used by all accounts....


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    #432
    dr.kenneth noisewater
    Registered Users Posts: 5,672 ✭✭✭dr.kenneth noisewater


    Interested Observer wrote:
    I always find it mad there's a pitch and putt course in Shandon. I've never actually seen it I don't think.


    Went up last year and you can only play if a member which was a bit annoying as course was nearly empty


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    #433
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/developer-s-dispute-with-tesco-risks-phibsborough-development-1.3853691


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    #434
    Zipppy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Zipppy


    Scaffolding up at Doyle's corner on old bookies building (the only vacant corner)
    I wonder what's happening ? #exciting


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    #435
    hankless
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭hankless


    The old ice rink complex is going to be a Jury's Hotel. That'll be a great addition to the village and such a useful amenity to locals :rolleyes:


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    #436
    pmcc1
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭pmcc1


    Gavin shels wrote: »
    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/developer-s-dispute-with-tesco-risks-phibsborough-development-1.3853691


    How on earth did this MM Capital press-release get printed by the IT? MM even had the audacity to imply that they were somehow restoring the existing Shopping Centre and sorting out the asbestos - which forms no part of their plan. They're just putting a stupid cage around the existing monstrous block, and building additional blocks next to it.

    When I think about what the An Bord Planeala should have forced them to do with that site... gosh!


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    #437
    Zipppy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Zipppy


    hankless wrote: »
    The old ice rink complex is going to be a Jury's Hotel. That'll be a great addition to the village and such a useful amenity to locals :rolleyes:

    Shelbourne hotel group I thought ?


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    #438
    hankless
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭hankless


    Jury's I heard. Either way, it's going to be a hotel.


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    #439
    pmcc1
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭pmcc1


    Zipppy wrote: »
    Shelbourne hotel group I thought ?


    Either way - a hotel won't offer us any amenity (except perhaps another bar/restaurant) unless there's a Spa/Pool/Leisure Ctr stipulated in the planning.


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    #440
    Interested Observer
    Registered Users Posts: 13,051 ✭✭✭✭Interested Observer


    pmcc1 wrote: »
    How on earth did this MM Capital press-release get printed by the IT? MM even had the audacity to imply that they were somehow restoring the existing Shopping Centre and sorting out the asbestos - which forms no part of their plan. They're just putting a stupid cage around the existing monstrous block, and building additional blocks next to it.

    When I think about what the An Bord Planeala should have forced them to do with that site... gosh!

    Knocking down the tower was never on the cards because of the Tesco. The developers don't own it.


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    #441
    niconline76
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭niconline76


    Interested Observer wrote: »
    Knocking down the tower was never on the cards because of the Tesco. The developers don't own it.

    That means if no agreement is reached MM would waste 15M?! I find that hard to believe, there must be smtg else behind this


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    #442
    matrim
    Registered Users Posts: 7,518 ✭✭✭matrim


    niconline76 wrote: »
    That means if no agreement is reached MM would waste 15M?! I find that hard to believe, there must be smtg else behind this

    Just based on the articles I've read it looks like from the start Tesco said we need X and Y. MM ploughed ahead without at least one of them and is now upset that Tesco have said we still need X and Y for this to go ahead.


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    #443
    Gavin "shels"
    Registered Users Posts: 17,965 ✭✭✭✭Gavin "shels"


    Not sure if it's mentioned in the article but supposedly Tesco just want a 2 foot wall for deliveries or something to that effect.


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    #444
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    Zipppy wrote: »
    Scaffolding up at Doyle's corner on old bookies building (the only vacant corner)
    I wonder what's happening ? #exciting

    Good to hear. That corner has let down the whole Doyle's Corner central junction of Phibsboro for years either as a shabby bookies or an even shabbier vacant unit. Hopefully something interesting and colorful moves in!


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    #445
    niconline76
    Registered Users Posts: 75 ✭✭niconline76


    ongarboy wrote: »
    Good to hear. That corner has let down the whole Doyle's Corner central junction of Phibsboro for years either as a shabby bookies or an even shabbier vacant unit. Hopefully something interesting and colorful moves in!

    Just walked by , whatever it is it seems impacting the whole building and not just 1 storey. Very curious but no rumours at all around?!


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    #446
    Zipppy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,054 ✭✭✭Zipppy


    niconline76 wrote:
    Just walked by , whatever it is it seems impacting the whole building and not just 1 storey. Very curious but no rumours at all around?!


    I heard a whisper it could be a Dealz but I really hope not...a Fallon and Byrnes type Deli would be amazing...


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    #447
    hankless
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭hankless


    Fallon and Byrne deli would be great. I really hope it's not a Dealz. There's a Euro Giant within sight and the other 'cheap things' shop a few doors up from Tesco. We hardly need another one, and it'll bring nothing of true value to the area.


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    #448
    De Bhál
    Registered Users Posts: 2,884 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    hankless wrote: »
    Fallon and Byrne deli would be great. I really hope it's not a Dealz. There's a Euro Giant within sight and the other 'cheap things' shop a few doors up from Tesco. We hardly need another one, and it'll bring nothing of true value to the area.

    footfall must be an issue for that corner - most pedestrians seem to cross on the other side of the street. That's just based on my own observation. I suppose if it's a good enough draw people will come.

    A Dealz would be fairly depressing imo, I'd imagine Dealz would prefer to have somewhere to park a car nearby for customers


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    #449
    ongarboy
    Registered Users Posts: 5,201 ✭✭✭ongarboy


    hankless wrote: »
    Fallon and Byrne deli would be great. I really hope it's not a Dealz. There's a Euro Giant within sight and the other 'cheap things' shop a few doors up from Tesco. We hardly need another one, and it'll bring nothing of true value to the area.

    That unit would be way too small for a Dealz if I'm not mistaken? A Fallon & Byrne or Donnybrook Fair style food shop would be great alright. There are a string of those god awful "fake designer clothes fallen off the back of a lorry" shops between Loretta's and the old ice rink which I'd love to see replaced with better style shops. They really drag down the area. Also, there are way too many charity shops for every conceivable cause in the area. I'm not against charity shops per se as they do add a quirky vibe to a place but having an over supply of them doesn't help create a good retail mix.

    https://www.google.ie/maps/@53.3607838,-6.2721175,3a,75y,164.5h,95.86t/data=!3m8!1e1!3m6!1sAF1QipOSlL6YEUFM-ZRz3XmY9XX-ZBpRPZftWpacEvnH!2e10!3e11!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipOSlL6YEUFM-ZRz3XmY9XX-ZBpRPZftWpacEvnH%3Dw203-h100-k-no-pi0-ya14.900811-ro-0-fo100!7i11212!8i5606?hl=en-GB&authuser=0


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    #450
    pmcc1
    Registered Users Posts: 71 ✭✭pmcc1


    God forbid that prominent site be made a Dealz!
    I’ve said it before - and here it comes again: there’s a gap in the market for a BooJum / Pablo Picante branch in Phibsboro.
    Further statements in this vein will issue until a phibsburrito is stuffed into me gob.
    {as an aside, Kebab House, beside Rothar do a top notch kebab on naan baked as you wait. The chap that runs it is a lovely fella too, with his kids’ drawings up behind the counter, which is nice to see}.
    Burritos & Kebabs. I’m a classy guy.


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    #451
    hankless
    Registered Users Posts: 241 ✭✭hankless


    ongarboy wrote: »
    ....There are a string of those god awful "fake designer clothes fallen off the back of a lorry" shops between Loretta's and the old ice rink which I'd love to see replaced with better style shops. They really drag down the area.


    They're all closed down. That's being turned into a hotel. The whole block after Lorettas down to the small barbers. A Jurys or a Shelbourne apparently.

    ongarboy wrote: »
    Also, there are way too many charity shops for every conceivable cause in the area. I'm not against charity shops per se as they do add a quirky vibe to a place but having an over supply of them doesn't help create a good retail mix.


    Yeah I've often wondered how so many can coexist in such a confined area. There's no need for half of them, maybe even 75% of them. How can they all afford the rent and charges selling bric a brac for under a tenner.

    Also I agree that there's a gap there for a Burrito place. That bookies would be ideal for it too. Not a fan of burritos or the over abundance of them in Dublin, but anything would be better than a Dealz.


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