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Why is there no super high rise in Ireland?

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    #32
    Ush1
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118432208#Comment_118432208

    This is what's absolutely bizarre to me. Build massive amounts of apartments in Cherrywood, Tallaght, Lucan etc... where everyone will need transport to the city centre to work so they will try to use already over subscribed public transport or buy cars and increase traffic. They need to build where people want to be/where they will work.



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    lawred2
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058226269/why-is-there-no-super-high-rise-in-ireland

    shortsighted yokels on councils basically



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    Marcusm
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118428695#Comment_118428695

    Have you ever been to HK? The tallest building ICC is just over 100 floors and is almost wholly commercial🇺🇦. The second highest - 2IFC where I have been many time- is 88 floors and again wholly commercial. Dublin needs greater density but not at the pie in the sky levels you mention. Even a set of 20 storey buildings would create a need for ground clearance around them and would need to be a mix of commercial and residential as the transport infrastructure would find it impossible to cope with moving that many people into purely commercial space. Current requirements for dual aspect mean that such resi buildings need to have fairy small floor plans which limits their viability.



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