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KEEPING YOUR EAR to the ground is important in the world of real estate, but staying on top of the newest stories can be tricky. That’s why each week, we round up some of the freshest stories that you may have missed.
From play centre plans for nightclubs to new housing block announcements, here are some of the hot property stories that got chins wagging this week.
Michael Wright’s plans to turn part of the Wright Venue into a play centre have been shelved for planning reasons. The Swords superclub is located in Airside Retail Park, which also contains some large retail units, a hotel and medical clinic.
Fingal council has said that changing the use of one floor of the building into a play centre for children would need to go through the full planning application process.
One of Cork city’s largest shopping centres has been placed on the market with a guide price of €86 million.
Built in 1979, Wilton Shopping Centre is currently owned by US hedge fund York Capital Management.
Plans for the new library complex in the capital, which is estimated to cost €100 million, have been submitted to An Bórd Pleanála for approval.
The plans include the refurbishment of eight Georgian houses in Dublin 1 on the site where Coláiste Mhuire was formerly situated. Over half (55%) of the project will be funded by philanthropy, and a maximum of 45% will come from Dublin City Council.
Plans submitted by the high-profile developer Johnny Ronan to build one of Dublin city’s biggest apartment developments have been given the the all-clear.
Ronan already had permission to build 165 apartments on the docklands, but sought to revise these plans to get the approval to construct even more.
More 30km/h zones could be introduced to the city centre, following the publication of a report that has suggested extending the speed limit.
After the public “strongly” backed the move during a consultation process, city councillors look set to vote on expanding 30km/h zones to 31 more areas across the city,
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Says it all really, ‘a dangerous criminal gets mugged in Dublin’, no wonder he went back north to turn himself in.
@Salvatore Mazzani: Not just Dublin . The last time someone tried to run people down on an Irish street , this happened .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhfgQOLSrTQ
I often wonder why these guys, who are on day release and coming towards the end of their sentences, throw it all away for a day or two on the lash. That’s another 5 years or more he’ll have to serve back in the high security wing. I wonder do these people just prefer being in prison to the uncertainties of life on the outside
@Paul Devlin: as Chris said it’s too dangerous outside
Comical Farce
@John Culhane: The gardaí had no power to hold him as there was no European arrest warrant in existence for him & there’s no charge on our books for absconding from a foreign prison.
@Donncha Ó Coileáin: Ah yes, common sense. Because, given all crap being being thrown at Gardai at the moment, the common sense thing would have been for Gardai to kidnap the man and illegally extradite him. This is the republic of Ireland, not the people’s republic of North Korea.
@Donncha Ó Coileáin: so you’d be happy with gardaí acting outside of the law, so long as you approve of it?
A nice big thank you to the “Citizen” who picked him up outside the court and drove him back over the border and had the PSNI waiting for him there.
@MyBrokenKnees: those bloody dublin taxi drivers, always taking the long route and overcharging…..
Doesn’t say much for the Garda when they release a know dangerous murderer on to our streets and I don’t by that they had to.
@Austin hickey: I wonder who gave him a lift to the border ?
@Austin hickey: so you’re complaining that the Gardai abided by the law?
@Austin hickey: The Gardai didn’t release him onto the streets, a Judge did. FFS, the Garda in court even objected to bail, hoping he would be in custody until the PSNI got off their holes and applied for an arrest warrant valid here. But don’t let any of that get in the way of your anti-garda agenda.
When the guards arrested that guy in Dublin they should of taken him up north and handed him in and forget about the courts.
I wonder did AGS give him a breathalyser test, just to add to their tally?
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