âHeld backâ
There was âgrowing concernâ that the SDZ area was being held back by the planning scheme adopted seven years ago, Hines said. âIn a competitive and constantly evolving construction sector, Cherrywood risks becoming a location where investment is less attractive, which is contrary to the purpose of an SDZ.â
Developer Cairn, also represented by John Spain, said in a 104-page submission that the section of the Stillorgan Road corridor from Donnybrook to Stillorgan town centre contains a number of large sites with âsubstantialâ redevelopment potential.
Sites at key intersections were appropriate for tall landmark buildings, it said. âThere are also several large sites along the corridor which have capacity for intensification and increased height which, with appropriate design, would not injure the residential amenity of adjoining sites.â
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Former Six One presenter Bryan Dobson
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Inspired by his earliest experiences afloat in a small boat his father-in-law sailed out of Bullock Harbour in Dalkey and his own childhood growing up by the sea in Sandymount, Bryan really caught the bug in his mid-30s when he did his first Glenans training course.
“I discovered that it was a wonderful escape from things that clog up our daily lives,” he says. “I find as I get older physically and mentally it is all consuming and even now, I still get that sensation of when I step on a boat … It’s that sense of endless possibility.”
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There is a “high chance” none of Dublin’s beaches would be open to swimmers if we were testing the water year-round.
Lobby group SOS Dublin Bay is warning that one-fifth of swimmers in the capital have become ill as a result of the quality of the water.
A survey of more than 1,200 found that 21.8% had experienced adverse health effects from the water – including diarrhoea, skin rashes and gastroenteritis. People enjoy the warm weather at Seapoint in Dublin, 30-03-2021. Image: Niall Carson/PA Wire/PA Images
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The Pat Kenny Show this morning, Charlotte O’Kelly, Managing Director of Techworks Marine and SOS Dublin Bay spokesperson said there are at least 410 pipes of different sizes pumping into Dublin Bay.
Urgent need for Irish Water to expedite Dublin Bay water quality works – Carroll MacNeill
14th April 2021 - Cliona Doyle
Irish Water must accelerate works at Shanganagh and Ringsend wastewater treatment plants to tackle the water quality crisis in Dublin Bay, a Fine Gael TD has said.
Deputy Carroll MacNeill said: “Irish Water recently informed me that the ongoing works in the Shanganagh Catchment Drainage Area Plan Programme (DAP) and West Pier/ Ringsend Catchment DAP will not be completed until 2023 and 2024 respectively. So that’s before the necessary works really begin in earnest.
“Given the extent of the water quality problem in Dublin Bay and the potential risk it poses to public health, I am calling on Irish Water to expedite these works to reflect the severity of the issue at hand here.
Historian Sean J Murphy from Windgates writes about a famous ballad recalling a memorable fox hunt which took place from Killruddery near Bray in December 1744. The article is based on a recent talk delivered via Zoom to members of the Kilmacanogue History Society.
In Britain and Ireland the hunting song is a well defined class of popular ballad. Songs of this type describe memorable pursuits of prey such as the stag, fox or hare, with the daring and skills of the huntsmen to the fore in the narrative.
Examples of Irish hunting songs include The County Limerick Buck-Hunt , Reynard the Fox and of course The Killruddery Hunt . The lyrics of The Killruddery Hunt are quite precise as to the date when the event took place, namely, December 5, 1744, commencing at five in the morning, by most of the clocks . Hunters of that period must have been very hardy to rise at such an early hour in winter.