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Portlaoise Town Centre

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  • 09-04-2019 9:10pm
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    holyhead
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    Had cause to drive through Portlaoise last week. Christ the Main Street is destroyed there. All the shopping has moved south of Fintan Lalor Avenue. I guess with generous and free parking thats understandable. Is there any plan to regenerate the Main Street?


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    enviro
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    The library will be relocating to the old Shaws site on lower main street.

    Around the corner, Fitzmaurice place is being changed from a generally unused area to a "green public park with a public viewing tower inside the Old Fort. The redevelopment will aim to shine a light on the history attached to the Old Fort Protector wall at Fitzmaurice Place."


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    memorystick
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    The new "green public park" is costing 2.3 million Euros!


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    satguy
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    I passed by the new "green public park" yesterday,, it's just some raised flower beds. Maybe looks like €300,000 worth, makes you wonder where the other 2 million went.


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    memorystick
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    There's about 10 acres of land with mature trees for sale that would have made a way nicer park than this mess. How long will the plants last in it?


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