Re: Re: O’ Connell Street

yes you are right to be concerned about the fact that trinity own half the street , but your concern is misplaced. They current want to redevelop the street , and they need the money . a luas on pearse street would provide irresistable impetus for change. consider the value of redevelopping the street to trinity , hundreds of millions that could go to new facilities!

True but to what end. Its not really suitable for largescale retail use. The competition it faces from other areas for this is considerable…think of Smithfield, Markets and Abbey, Marlborough, Talbot Streets. Residential would be problematic due to the large number of social housing estates off the street and the nature of the buildinsg along the street. There is lots of scope to the north of Pearse Street and this seems to be developing fast but its no help to Trinity.