East Wall, Dublin 3

AngryLips · 21-09-2020 09:38AM

There's a vacant retail until on East Road beside Centra.

manofachill · 21-09-2020 12:58PM

I think that Gym may actually a protected structure or at least the facacde of it. Its quite a nice building if it wasn't for the green and black paint.

I assume it was a religious building at one stage

ongarboy · 22-09-2020 10:17PM

blue_blue wrote: »

Upstairs above the Lidl. (was earmarked for a Gym when it was initially built iirc).

Dealz increasingly is selling larger ranges of groceries. I doubt Lidl would be happy with them moving above them. They may even have an exclusivity agreement with the landlords that prevent competitors from locating in the development(assuming Lidl doesn't own the entire building outright in which case they'd never facilitate a Dealz).

Alicano · 23-09-2020 09:15AM

manofachill wrote: »

I think that Gym may actually a protected structure or at least the facacde of it. Its quite a nice building if it wasn't for the green and black paint.

I assume it was a religious building at one stage

Yeah the facade is ok but the current colour scheme is muck. I'm sure the lads got a good deal on the building after Aloco Kitchens vacated it. But it isn't really a fit for purpose Gym facility. They'd be better off above Lidl and knock that building and do some nice modern apts (encompassing the derelict site beside it). The Apts on the corner right beside the Gym that got revamped a year or so ago are a great example of potential. But it'll never happen.

L1011 · 23-09-2020 10:19AM

There's nothing at all listed in East Wall as far as I can tell, nothing on the RPS or the NIAH. Doesn't mean a rapid listing wouldn't appear if you applied to demolish something like that building, or the church.

manofachill · 28-09-2020 07:48PM

Yes, looked it up afterwards too but it is a bit unusual. The NIAH will note it in the next addition, they left out most of Dublin with the limited resources they had because they felt it would be well covered by laymen researchers already, east wall for all might have some information on it

Gumbo · 29-09-2020 01:03PM

subpar wrote: »

Planning Permission lodged for a 7 Storey building containing 52 build to rent apartments.

Started construction now I believe.

spurious · 29-09-2020 07:50PM

I wonder are they going to start on the old bank site too? I know there was an application in for a multi-storey building there too, but I don't know if it was granted.

Nabber · 29-09-2020 08:32PM

With the level of development of residential units, the rods will squeezed even more.
Something similar to South Lotts might happen in East Wall.

subpar · 19-01-2021 09:25PM

New hotel with 106 bedrooms to be built in East Wall

Brian Mahon
Monday January 18 2021, 12.00am GMT, The Times

The hotel will be up to eight storeys in height with three main blocks

Planning permission has been granted for a 106-bedroom hotel in Dublin’s East Wall. ( Docklands Inovation Park on East Wall Road)

However, a related planning request for the development of 131 residential apartments was not granted, with Dublin city council seeking more information from the developers. The hotel and apartments would be constructed beside each other.

Overall, it is proposed that there will be 17 studios, 36 one-bedroom, 72 two-bedroom and six three-bedroom units on the site.

Development Ocht submitted the two planning applications in November.

The council raised concerns about the materials that would be used to construct the apartment blocks, and did not grant planning permission. It also asked for additional details on the nature of the gym in the development and for more information about car parking spaces.

Thelonious Monk · 20-01-2021 03:04PM

who would invest in building hotels right now?

blue_blue · 20-01-2021 03:12PM

This is true. The petrol station on Amiens Street that closed last year to make way for a big fancy hotel is now back operating again! The developers saw the signs.

L1011 · 20-01-2021 03:58PM

I believe the operator there is actually the company that was intending to build the hotel - they have other fuel operations.

However, that hasn't stopped there being maybe 3 planning apps a month consistently in the past 3 years.

AngryLips · 20-01-2021 04:04PM

So how many hotels is that planned now? There's the one on East Wall Road at the car dealership beside Aldi, there's one on East Road beside the credit union/apartment block, there's this one at the Docklands Business park ...and is there one going in at the corner of Jonny Cullen Hill where it meets Sheriff St or is that just apartments? I know that we all need a staycation by now but the East Wall Tourism Board will be kept busy.

L1011 · 20-01-2021 06:49PM

Yes, there's one at that corner and one further down in Castleforbes Business Park plus one in Connolly; plus one at Spencer Dock Luas plus one beside the Point plus another on Mayor Street....

However the one mentioned above is the East Road one. The Docklands Innovation Park is going for apartments.

I suspect there'll be one in the Bennetts Yard proposal when that lands.

MayoSalmon · 20-01-2021 06:52PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

who would invest in building hotels right now?

People who can see the trees from the forest

Thelonious Monk · 20-01-2021 09:42PM

Imagine staying in a hotel beside the Aldi in East wall, grim!

L1011 · 20-01-2021 11:20PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Imagine staying in a hotel beside the Aldi in East wall, grim!

I suspect they're planning for both off-site meeting room and medium term room rentals to Oracle/Ergo/other EastPoint tenants; who won't care about it being grim but will love the location.

I know from a former employer (not on that list) that even 500m away from the office works as a break from the norm for a meeting room for anything important - this was hitting the Green Isle in that case.

subpar · 21-01-2021 09:07AM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Imagine staying in a hotel beside the Aldi in East wall, grim!

The clearing up of long term derilict sites and eye sores which unfortunately have blighted the area for decades has to be a good thing and will bring much needed regeneration and empoyment.

Thelonious Monk · 21-01-2021 11:22AM

subpar wrote: »

The clearing up of long term derilict sites and eye sores which unfortunately have blighted the area for decades has to be a good thing and will bring much needed regeneration and empoyment.

A lot of the buildings and housing around there should have been leveled years ago and replaced with apartments. There's a couple of semi-d housing estates in East Wall that look like they were only build in the last couple of decades, ridiculous.
Are they ever going to sort that bridge out that can only allow one direction at a time? In what other capital city would you get something like that in what is basically the city centre?

odyssey06 · 21-01-2021 12:09PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

A lot of the buildings and housing around there should have been leveled years ago and replaced with apartments. There's a couple of semi-d housing estates in East Wall that look like they were only build in the last couple of decades, ridiculous.
Are they ever going to sort that bridge out that can only allow one direction at a time? In what other capital city would you get something like that in what is basically the city centre?

Didn't the bridge used to be two way up until fairly recently or am I misremembering?

AngryLips · 21-01-2021 12:45PM

I'm actually in favour of the hotel going in at East Road because this street is completely sub standard, both from a design POV and an anti-social behaviour POV. The above article mentions developer contribution towards local infrastructure so hopefully that'll go towards widening and improving the ridiculously narrow pavements, while having non-residential services attracting footfall to the area will also moderate anti social behaviour there.

L1011 · 21-01-2021 12:48PM

Its more likely that East Road will go one way than the bridge being returned to two way, tbh.

If they removed all on-street parking there might be space for two lanes and suitable footpaths; but I suspect one way, two way cycle lanes, wider paths and parking bays is more likely.

plastic glass · 23-01-2021 11:58PM

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Imagine staying in a hotel beside the Aldi in East wall, grim!

Great option if you have business in eastpoint. Also cheaper alternative than the Gibson for the point-I presume.

COH · 13-07-2022 09:41AM

Has anyone had any recent success in getting flood cover as part of your home insurance in East Wall?

definitedragon · 14-07-2022 05:35PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119330450#Comment_119330450

Will send you a PM

AngryLips · 15-07-2022 12:40PM

Does anyone know what businesses are going into the two units beside Centra on East Road? They seem to be renovating them in preparation for something opening up. I thought maybe they were extending the Centra, but it looks like they're keeping them as separate units. Also, they needed to bring some underground utility pipes from across the road and they did a terrible hack job digging up the new paving that went in for the new N4 bus stop outside the polish shop opposite to achieve it.

blue_blue · 20-07-2022 10:12PM

Dry Cleaners and Abrakebabra.

https://planning.agileapplications.ie/dublincity/application-details/143247

Gloomtastic! · 20-07-2022 10:25PM

God help the poor buggers working nights in Abrakebra is all I will say.

COH · 12-10-2022 11:37PM

Hi everyone.

Just read this thread from the start... quite the saga! Seems EW has really undergone some big & positive changes since the thread began in 2004.

Question for those of you living there now, had the anti social behaviour calmed down? Have spent a bit of time there as of late as the wife & I are likely buying our first home there soon and the place seems pretty quiet.

Have lived in the city center all my life, no issues with kids/teenagers acting the bollocks tbh, but was surprised not to see many around. Especially down around Church St that earlier posts in this thread would have had you thinking was a bit of a warzone.

Have their been any issues with flooding the Hawthorn Tce end recently? I read there was a drainage issue previously.

Finally - there seems to be a good vibe about the place, lots of regeneration, but where is the best place within walking distance to get a decent pint of Guinness :) ?

Alicano · 27-10-2022 02:43PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119737355#Comment_119737355

Hi COH. I'm a happy home owner in EW. PM me for any chat or info you may need. Cheers.

AngryLips · 28-10-2022 08:04AM

Abrakebabra on East Road now open

Sleepy · 28-10-2022 08:35AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119737355#Comment_119737355

East Wall is generally fairly quiet (and I'd regularly be driving through it late on Friday and Saturday nights) but it's not somewhere you can get away with any kind of display of wealth or having nice things. A mate's Alfa GT was keyed twice in his own driveway in East Wall for no reason other than petty begrudgery.

Alicano · 28-10-2022 06:56PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119803198#Comment_119803198

Does your friend have a camera doorbell? Just sounds very random. Could have happened elsewhere maybe? And that kind of stuff is possible in any location. We aren't wealthy and have no driveway. We have a Mercedes jeep and an Audi if that qualifies as decent. And nobody has even looked in the wing mirror to check their hair. The street mentioned by previous poster (Hawthorn Tce) is lovely. Real quiet and very friendly people living there. Any time i'm walking my buggy or my dog I always get a smile and a hello from the residents. Don't want to clog up the timeline. Happy to chat to that poster thinking of purchasing. Good boardsie inside info and all that 🙂

Sleepy · 01-11-2022 10:31AM

No camera doorbell or similar and he's since left the area as a result of those incidents. I couldn't tell you which street it was and it was a few years ago now but thought I'd share the story. Honestly, East Wall is an area I'd be happy to live in as a single or young couple (Mrs Sleepy has a lot of family in the area) but it's not somewhere I'd personally want to raise kids.

Archidub1 · 10-11-2022 11:41AM

Construction starting on the 1,300 apartments on the corner of east road and castleforbes business park this week. I think the first block is 107 apartments. CIS on twitter confirmed that commencement notices have gone in

kravmaga · 19-11-2022 09:01PM

Does anyone know when the next protest is on outside the new asylum reception centre on East Wall Road, Two Gateway old ESB offices.

Ive been told that coach loads of Arabic/ Somalian men (80) approx arrived late last night and were brought into the building very quickly followed by a delivery of beds and linen.

Its all over social media, Youtube, Tik Tok, Twitter, FM104 / RTE covered it and Philip Dwyer from The National Party.

No consultation with the local community or /no local Politician's present at the protest today at 2pm.

This is very concerning what is happening here and all over Ireland. These men are un-vetted and even the Gardai were called and said they dont know who they are.??

The govt should be told we are full and our EU overlords in Brussels that Ireland Inc is full and closed. Dont see them being housed in leafy Dublin 4, 6 or 18.

So 80 already arrived, another 300 to arrive. This is going to be a cluster fcuk.

https://www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-news/locals-protest-in-east-wall-protest-asylum-seekers/

https://www.tiktok.com/discover/dublin-woman-shouting-at-refugees

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfDlhMEilQM&ab_channel=PhilipDwyer

https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2022/1119/1337137-east-wall-protest

AngryLips · 20-11-2022 01:24PM

Great to see this empty building being put out to use. Why wasn't anyone protesting the fact that it was vacant? Haven't heard any locals talking about this, only the usual suspects from the far right and NP.

dontmindme · 20-11-2022 01:54PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119897158#Comment_119897158

Absolutely!!...Especially if you don't live in the area like yourself. Fill up all the empty office space in this undesirable part of the city with lots of foreign undesirables...yay!

AngryLips · 20-11-2022 02:11PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119897278#Comment_119897278

I live in the area. Bit hypocritical that the ones at the protest who are claiming that Ireland is full didn't have a problem with the vacant building sitting there this whole time, no? By the way, most of the locals weren't at the protest, but if most of the people there were locals then I imagine the neighbourhood will only stand to gain from the arrival of these new neighbours.

kravmaga · 20-11-2022 06:55PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119897158#Comment_119897158

Its all over social media, plus there was over 300 local people out to protest about these un- vetted and unknown men of military age being brought into an office building which is not designed for accommodation. No women or children from Ukraine as was supposed to happen.

And by the way I live local to the area and am not a member of any political party, Im just a concerned citizen and wanted to high light the government policy on direct provision is not working in its current form. Parachuting unknown individuals into a community without proper information or consultation is a recipe for disaster.

ESB staff only moved out recently to their new H.Q. building on Fitzwilliam Street.

You obviously dont care about the situation and your local??? I did not vote for this. Sure why dont you bring them into your house for a cuppa tea.

kravmaga · 20-11-2022 07:01PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119897346#Comment_119897346

oh yeah they are going to give so much to the local community in Eastwall, pillars of society, Doctors, Engineers, Scientists, professionals, trades people. eh No.

Will you get a grip. They arent working or contributing anything to the local community, they are un vetted and even the Garda in Clontarf did not know who they are or where they are from. Look at what happened to the Wicklow House hotel in Wicklow town, assaults, fighting on a daily basis. This will affect property prices, crime will go up, they are doing nothing.

This is one of your new neighbours, watch all of the video. Maybe buy him a coffee in Starbucks or even bring him into Mc Donald's for a happy meal.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx18pi45lvE&ab_channel=PhilipDwyer

AngryLips · 20-11-2022 08:04PM

If your issue is with Government policy, then it is very cruel to be targeting people who are here seeking asylum.

rolling boh · 20-11-2022 08:33PM

We have more than enough on our hands dealing with the Ukrainians we have to have some limits on people coming here .Unfortunately there are millions all over the world in very difficult and dangerous situations but we are a small country and we can't solve all the problems for these people .

Danzy · 21-11-2022 07:24PM

East wall won't be the last working class revolt over this.

spurious · 26-11-2022 10:19AM

Almost East Wall....anyone know why the Lego clip together apartment building across from the Fire Station has stopped building?

There seem to be big gaps at the sides of the windows - it doesn't look finished at all, but there seems to be nobody working on it for a couple of months now. Last I saw was (bizarrely) two trees being cherry picked up onto the roof.

geecee · 13-02-2023 08:02PM

Anyone know what happened to the Londis on East Road, went for Leo Burdocks on Sunday and the previous Sunday and it seemed to be shut, thought it might just be a Sunday thing, but passed again tonight and still closed.

AngryLips · 14-02-2023 09:27PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120237562#Comment_120237562

It's permanently closed. Half the staff got re-hired by the Centra on the same street. Apparently owner couldn't make the numbers add up in time for the end of the tax year.

geecee · 14-02-2023 10:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120241633#Comment_120241633

That's a pity, thanks for the uodate!

The Burdocks that was there was always so slow as everything was cooked to order (and half the time they had to heat the pans!) so would be nice to see it re-opening as a permanent chipper!

Or better still have a Burdocks open in the vicinity of the 3arena!

Hangdogroad · 09-09-2023 06:53AM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119895141#Comment_119895141

This Philip Dwyer? Who describes himself as a "Journalist".

https://twitter.com/IrlagainstFash/status/1700263292508451126?t=-I_S4f-V1JvBEueKjN05RA&s=19

East Wall, Dublin 3

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