“I grew up in a Dublin suburb and now I live in another one. This isn’t the world of the bustling city – the urban centre. And it isn’t the romanticism of the Irish countryside.”
Tag: Coolock
Posted inUnreal Estate
Owners of Chivers Site in Coolock Seek Exemption from New Land Tax
The tax, coming in 2024, is meant to push owners of land zoned for housing to develop it quickly.
Posted inCity Desk
Taking Back Control of Their Own History, Traveller Groups Map Places of Belonging – and Unbelonging – in Coolock
“It’s trying to create maps in which the Travellers are central to the story, and … challenging these histories of racism and marginalisation.”
Posted inCity Desk
Council Briefs: Promoting Fairtrade in Finglas, and a New Playground in Kilmore West
These were among the issues councillors discussed at recent council meetings of their North West and North Central Area committees.
Posted inUnreal Estate
“Raging” at Landowner, Councillors Look to CPO or Re-Rezone Coolock Site
They rezoned the site from industrial to residential for an affordable housing proposal. Now, the land’s more valuable and the landowner is looking to sell it.
Posted inUnreal Estate
After Lobbying to Get Coolock Site Rezoned to Build Homes, Landowner Instead Looks to Sell It at a Steep Markup
“We chose to buy this site to try to create affordable housing for normal people,” wrote the developer in a letter to a local councillor in September 2017.
Posted inCity Desk
Council Briefs: Dogs on Bull Island, More Car-Parking at St Anne’s Park, and the Clontarf Baths
These were among the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed on Monday at their North Central Area Committee meeting at the Northside Civic Centre.
Posted inCity Desk
A New Chapter for Coolock’s Library
Recently reopened after a year-long €3.5 million refurbishment, the library in Coolock offers everything from books and computers to meeting spaces and 3D printers.
Posted inUnreal Estate
After O’Devaney Comes the Oscar Traynor Road Site
Dublin City Council has used the same procurement model, and tenure breakdown, in its proposals to develop roughly 800 homes on a big site at Oscar Traynor Road in Coolock.
Posted inUnreal Estate
Meeting on “Affordable Housing” Leaves Coolock Locals with Questions
“We are trying to lease the entire development to the government,” said Maurice Gillick of Platinum Land.