Dun Laoghaire Thread. No traffic, commuting, transport chat.

Really nice design, hope it gets the green light.

You better believe it buddy😎

I live in Leopardstown, my postal address is Blackrock. If somebody uses the "Foxrock Dublin 18" address for me it delays the post by up to 3 days.......Oh and by the way........Shankill is Dublin 18

Cos if we let commercial ads take over the forums, which is against the site rules anyway, we may as well turn the rest of the lights off on an already troubled Boards.ie.

I'll ignore your clumsy equivalence and passive aggression today Andy, I couldn't be less in the mood.

So snitches don't get stitches then?

There's a candlelit vigil in memory of Ashling Murphy tomorrow, Saturday, at 4pm at the seafront gate to the People's Park in DL for anyone who would wish to attend.

May she rest in peace.

I’m planning on heading down and bringing the kids.

I’ve two girls and help train a running club with about 100 young girls in it, so want to show my support. I’m not sure what can change but want to show support and hopefully something can happen so they both are safe and feel safe when out

Possible good news re the Leopardstown/Brewery Road development.

https://cabinteelylife.com/2022/01/04/dlrcc-recommends-refusal-for-e20m-leopardstown-apartment-scheme/

Anyone thinking refusal for a reasonable apartment complex being built during our country's greatest housing and homelessness crisis in it's history has a pretty warped point of view. That location is next to the LUAS, very close to the N11, and within walking distance of huge numbers of employers in Sandyford. Its ideal for a large apartment complex.

Hopefully that refusal gets overturned.

There are 6 houses in Leopardstown Lawn that would potentially have their garden light disrupted. But given planning permission rules not by much. There can't be any housing built directly overlooking into their property.

Silver Pines is well to the West of the development and will have no potential for sun disruption.

So do you think its right that 6 households, which might lose a small amount of garden light, get to prevent housing being built for 463 households as a result? That number of units could take 1000+ homeless people off the streets.

If you stick with that logic no new apartment blocks will be able to be built anywhere in Dublin. There are few vacant sites in Dublin as suitable for apartment building as the Leopardstown Road one.

People living in a city must expect that the city will change around them. You can’t buy a house and insist that nothing changes until the day you die, that’s both unrealistic and selfish. If you want that level of privacy, buy an acre of land in the countryside.

That's an ideal site for a development like the one proposed. Right next to hundreds of workplaces and the LUAS line. Would suit many people who work in the large offices there.

But wait, a handful of people don't want to see anything but semi detached housing so lets refuse permission. And An Tasice of course, who have completely tarnished their image with their pointless appeals over the past few years

It looks like the Bakers corner development has been given the go ahead by ABP.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/construction/bord-plean%C3%A1la-clears-ways-for-276-unit-d%C3%BAn-laoghaire-student-accommodation-scheme-1.4790086

Yes good news and the inclusion of a pub in the development serves local (including IADT) needs.

In the real world 7 stories is nothing

In a separate development Ossian Smyth is looking for more units and less car spaces for the proposed development on Tivoli Rd.

That'll go down well!!!

Does anyone know whats happening with green space outside the Lidl at the Sallynoggin roundabout? I know there was aspestos issues there before but wasnt that all cleared up when they built the Lidl there?

Its been a a bit of a wasteland for years now with the only activity being Christmas tree selling every December from what I can see. I thought there was going to be an old folks home or something built there?, but nothing seems to be happening in years.

Great to see so many dense developments being planned in the area. Already I see so many in opposition to high rise in Sallynoggin. Even though the tallest part is only 9 stories. Similar to Frasati, these people must suffer from vertigo when they go on holiday to New York, Paris or Benidorm.

Great to see a local representative Ossian Smyth being a YIMBY (yes in my backyard) looking to push for increased dwellings at the site in Dun Loaghaire. And of course Mr. "I Oppose Everything", Boyd Barrett, thinks the plan is too excessive! I see he's also out opposing the Sallynoggin scheme.

Great to see Ossian Smyth actually trying to improve the local area. Boyd-Barrett seems to object to literally any form of housing development, while ranting in the Dail about the housing crisis at the same time. Hes the ultimate hypocritical NIMBY.

Yes indeed a good idea. However I'd love to see his proposal as to how to increase the number of dwellings on the site, so as to render the development less harmful to biodiversity?

Crash or collision, not accident.

First, how do you know it's not intentional, when there are no details of what happened?

Secondly, where do draw the line- do drivers accidentally speed or accidentally use their phones? Do truck operators accidentally put vehicles with known large blind spots into urban areas without adequate cameras or mirrors or crews on watch?

'Accident' is judgemental, usually with no evidence to support it. Crash or collision is factual, not judgemental.