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PLANNING PERMISSION TO build 600 apartments as part of the development of a “new suburb” in Poolbeg has been submitted by a consortium led by Johnny Ronan’s real estate firm.
Ronan Group Real Estate, Oaktree Capital Management, Lioncor Developments and the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) submitted the planning application on Friday to Dublin City Council for the first phase of ‘Pembroke Quarter’.
NAMA will hold on to a 20% stake in the development on the site of the former Irish Glass bottle factory on the Poolbeg peninsula, with the other members of the consortium holding the remaining 80%.
The project plans to deliver up to 3,800 homes, over one million square feet of commercial space, educational facilities, public open space, civic space and other community amenities. A quarter of the residential units will be social or affordable housing.
Pending planning permission, the consortium said the project’s first phase – the development of 600 apartments – will likely begin construction early next year.
An agreement has not been reached with the consortium on how to deliver affordable homes at the site – and how much these units will cost to buy.
“Over the coming years, Pembroke Quarter will deliver much-needed homes for more than 10,000 people in Dublin’s city centre,” said CEO of Ronan Group Rory Williams.
“We understand deeply how acute the need for housing is in the city, so we are very pleased to be able to submit this planning application for the first phase of development so quickly after the purchase of the site.”
Nama CEO Brendan McDonagh said: “We are delighted to see this superbly located Dublin Bay site move into the first phase of its development lifecycle with the submission of this first planning application for 600 residential units.
“Nama is proud to be associated with progressing this key site which has overall capacity for 3,800 residential units. Furthermore, the 25 per cent allocated to social and affordable units will provide homes to those most in need, close to the heart of Dublin.”
- With reporting from Cónal Thomas
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Get ready for a slower phone and a battery that drains faster
So you’re saying it’s worth getting then, Ted?
Don’t upgrade if you don’t want to.
well iphones are significantly faster than any android phone already so don’t let that be an issue. Battery life loss with software updates is less of a problem recently because new updates aren’t doing too much new processing intensive stuff. if you have a iphone 6 or later there’s no reason not to upgrade that i can think of. That being said there isn’t much reason to upgrade either. I’m still rocking an iphone 4s which suits me fine.
Iphones are faster *pfft* lies
I’ve been on iOS 10 for 5 days now (last beta version) on iPhone 5s
Have to say, upgrade was smooth, no issues. Did another reboot when done to be sure.
It’s performing smoothly, seems faster (same apps installed, same space used that I had before)
The new features are good … so far no regrets and battery is as good as it was before if not better…
Gone Feisin. It seems you are on the wrong forum for that sort of comment. It’s not a place for real geeks.
‘Note that we said remove instead of delete. They’re still saved onto your phone – all of Apple’s stock apps take up roughly 150MB’
So…it just hides them, they still take up space.
Just let folk delete them!
Wait till 10.1
Always, early adoption is a guinea-pig’s errand
Has there been ANY resolution on the Power-Display issue? One second your display shows 70% power, the next it’s 14% and you’re getting a ‘Low Power’ warning, unbelievable they’ve not yet resolved it.
Thanks God I still have a 4s.
The best iPhone in my humble opinion. Perfect size to fit snugly into the hand.
Wish I still had my 4S.
Seems some devices are getting bricked. Apple advice is to be sure and have iTunes handy …
Solution
If you still see the Connect to iTunes screen after you restart, you need to reinstall iOS:
Connect your device to your computer using the cable that came with your device. You should see this message: “The software on [your device name] needs to be restored to factory settings or updated.”
Click Update to reinstall iOS. Your personal data is preserved.
It appears to be bringing bricking as a major feature update…not sure if this is a bad thing.
iBrick is a key feature in Apple’s update’s — or asking users to plug their iOS device into a PC.
I want the updates, but I also want to know if my iPhone will become an unusable brick afterwards! Isn’t there an “undo” button somewhere? Help me Steve Jobs!
How do you delete apps now with iOS 10?
I have a 6s and it won’t delete them???
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