Big Dublin Bay Waves Reveal What Sir Roger Casement Will Confront at Dun Laoghaire Baths
31st January 2021
Big seas at Dun Laoghaire on Saturday, January 30th. Scroll down for more
Getting into situations over his head rarely fazed Sir Roger Casement, so a new Dublin Bay seafront home should present no difficulties for the statue of the Sandycove man at the refurbished Dun Laoghaire Baths site.
Saturday s north-easterly gale flooded the town s East pier and also the nearby Dart railway line between Dun Laoghaire and Booterstown as big seas rolled into the bay.
If anyone was in any doubt what the new baths was going to have to withstand, Saturday s wintry waves illustrated the point perfectly.
11th December 2020
Dun Laoghaire s 250 acre harbour - a forthcoming report aims to set a new course for the 200-year-old structure. Now that it has taken control of the harbour, Council efforts are being made to regenerate one of the largest man-made harbours in the world
Credit: Tim Wall
After years of neglect, the tide may finally be turning in favour of Dun Laoghaire Harbour.
Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council (DLRCoCo) has commissioned a new €100k report into the 200-year-old harbour, asking economic consultants Indecon to provide a blueprint for its improved use.
This report s timing couldn t be better because since the cross-channel ferry left in 2015 - after almost 200 continuous years of operation - the harbour and the county s 17-km south Dublin coastline has had an uncertain time.