The students, academics and architects behind Open Heart City have researched and mapped the site – before pitching diverse ideas for how it could be developed.
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New Plan for Sean McDermott Street Laundry Site Includes a College Campus
The National College of Ireland “is exploring multiple possibilities for expansion, including the site on Sean McDermott Street”, says Robert Ward, NCI’s marketing director.
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Councillor Puts Forward New Vision for Site of Old Magdalene Laundry
Social Democrats Councillor Gary Gannon says the site should include a community space, an installation on what life inside was like, a museum, a memorial garden, housing, and food markets.
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Calls for Pope to Acknowledge Sean McDermott Street Laundry
It would be the “height of insensitivity” if he doesn’t, when he stops in the neighbourhood later this month, says Social Democrats Councillor Gary Gannon.
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A Site of Conscience
Looking at memorials to dark times around the world may help with ideas for the former Magdalene laundry on Sean McDermott Street.
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How one young couple helped women escape from the last Magdalene Laundry
Caught in the barbed wire wrapped around the convent’s front gate, a woman was trying to escape. As the couple passed by, she called for help.
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Five Years on, Some Say Magdalene Memorial Is Still an Afterthought
Records also show that council officials were warned that a lack of clarity over the memorial could hinder the sale of the site.
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Councillors Say They’ll Vote Against Sale of Sean McDermott Street Laundry
The plan is to sell the council-owned property to be developed by a hotel company, but councillors have the power to put a stop to this, and several say they’d like to.
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Council Briefs: Fire Brigade, Fear of PPPs, and the Sean McDermott Street Laundry
At Monday’s monthly meeting, councillors heard again about the future of the fire brigade, questioned a plank of the social-housing plan that includes PPPs, and more.