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PLANS FOR AN apartment block in Limerick city have been criticised by An Taisce, which works to preserve and protect Ireland’s natural and built heritage.
Curragower House, a red brick Georgian building, on Clancy Strand may be demolished if a planning application for an apartment block gets the green light.
Plans for a new building that would house three apartments, a private dwelling and a café were submitted to Limerick City and County Council on behalf of Derry Corbett on 25 July.
A spokesperson for An Taisce Limerick told TheJournal.ie the proposed development “undermines the architectural and historical integrity of Clancy Strand; it will be wedged in between two early 18th century buildings and be directly opposite the 12th century King John’s Castle”.
They said Curragower House is “a substantial Georgian house which should be retained and incorporated into – or separate from – any new structure”.
“Two previous attempts to demolish the property were comprehensively rejected by An Bord Pleanála in recent times.
Curragour House itself is an historic property and demolition is completely unwarranted. The emphasis should be placed on the conservation and re-use of the existing structure.
An Taisce wants the building to be granted protected status and will be making a submission to Limerick Council on the topic.
A spokesperson for the Limerick Chapter Of the Irish Georgian Society, which will also be making a submission to the local authority, said Curragower House is “architecturally significant” and should be restored.
The existing relationship between the three-storey building and its adjoining two storey neighbour is very attractive and adds to the ‘streetscape’ of Clancy Strand.
“The proposed development is crude and insensitive to its location and would have a serious negative impact on the historic quality of Clancy Strand.”
‘Irreplaceable’
Local historian Dr Paul O’Brien echoed these sentiments, saying that Curragower House is part of “Limerick’s irreplaceable built heritage“.
The architectural firm behind the design is Healy Partners. No one from the company was available for comment when contacted by TheJournal.ie.
Limerick Council is due to make a decision on the application on 18 September. The local authority has a policy of not commenting on planning applications.
Objections and submissions can be made to the council’s planning team until the close of business on 28 August, on receipt of a €20 fee. More information can be read here.
A spokesperson for An Bord Pleanála said the organisation “will only become involved in the event that someone appeals whatever decision the Council makes” next month.
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having read this article and in particular the final paragraph i think the heading is misleading and should be changed.
The use of statistical language here is also sensationalising the subject. While the probability may be 8 times larger, if the probability of a young man passing mutations is 1/10,000 and the probability of elderly man passing them on is 8/10,000 it is still a rare event.
Need more info to realise the true meaning of these “stats”
Heard another one yesterday saying older mothers made better…whatever actually can’t remember…there’s much crap ‘surveys’ our there, parents please ignore, make you afraid to have kids!!!
older mothers were more likely to have kids with better speech and less accident’s because the kids are more precious 2 them. wat bullshit like who’s kids aren’t precious 2them? I’m 21 and my 2 halfyear old son has brilliant speech and can hold a conversation. a 45year old I know has a child the same age and he’s had stitches in his head a dislocated wrist and I can never understand a word he’s saying… js sayin.
Eire if your child’s speech is on a par with your text speak rant you may have to reconsider his intellectual prowess
Charlie Murphy. seriously? fool
Mutations are the reason the human race has survived. Harmful mutations generally disappear in a population. The rest imbed the ability to adapt to changing environmental stress. Look at sickle-cell syndrome in Africans which helps resist malaria.
The potential for autism and bipolar is being hugely exaggerated by this research.
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