“It’s frustrating to be beside another building that is taking the look off the street,” says Ronan Lynch from the Swan Bar.
Tag: vacancy
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“One particular facet of living in Dublin city centre that I’ve always found hard to stomach is the persistence of abandoned buildings, which could benefit their surrounding areas.”
Posted inCity Desk
Why are there so many boarded-up council houses in Cherry Orchard?
“I am dealing with serious cases, people screaming and crying for houses,” says People Before Profit Councillor Hazel de Nortúin.
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What should the vacant upper-floor rooms in Balbriggan’s town hall be used for?
Council housing services? More space for Citizens Info? It’s wasted right now, say locals and councillors.
Posted inUnreal Estate
Council shopping for vacant commercial buildings in the city, to turn into social homes
It has funding and plans in place for an old bank on North Circular Road and a former antiques showroom on Capel Street.
Posted inCity Desk
Why were there about 5,000 vacant rental homes in Dublin city at the last census?
One possibility is that short-term lets are behind a big slice of these.
Posted inUnreal Estate
Vacancy Watch: In the shadow of Croke Park, council says it cannot develop Russell Street site because one owner won’t sell
If it can’t come to an agreement with the owner to buy the property the council will pursue a compulsory purchase order, a council spokesperson said.
Posted inUnreal Estate
Vacancy watch: permission to transform Aldborough House into an office complex set to lapse
The 18th-century mansion in the north inner-city has been vacant for more than two decades.
Posted inCity Desk
Council Briefs: Turning the Baggot Street Hospital into Homes, Building an Activity Centre on the River, and Councillors on the Evictions Ban
These were some of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at their March monthly meeting on Monday.
Posted inCity Desk
Left by the Council to Sit Vacant, a Pipe Burst in Inchicore Library Bringing the Ceiling Down
A local group had been pushing the council to get into the building, to make sure it was being cared for – fearing something like this might happen.