Re: Re: well what about the developments popping up in the shannonside ?

Limerick Greyhound Track

Bord na gCon (Irish Greyhound Board)

(06/1854) Clare County Council

For the construction of a five storey Greyhound Stadium and three storey office building at Meelick, County Clare which shall include; (i) Greyhound racing track with flood lighting and external terracing; (ii) Single-storey kennel block including stores, shop and ancillary veterinary and management offices; (iii) Betting facilites; (iv) 2 No. restaurants and 4 No. licenced bars with ancillary dance floor and function areas; (v) New vehicular entrance including acceleration and deceleration lanes onto the adjoining National Primary Route (N18); (vi) Car and coach parking facilities; (vii) On-site storm water drainage attenuation ponds; (viii) ESB substation; (ix) Landscaping works; and (x) all associated on and off-site development works (a) the raising of existing ground levels within the site, and (b) connection to the water and foul water network in the functional area of Limerick County Council.

Meelick, Co. Clare

Clare council opposes stadium (The Irish Times) 05.10.2006

Gordon Deegan http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/ireland/2006/1005/1158591393074.html

Plans by Bord na gCon to construct a €20 million greyhound stadium on the fringes of Limerick city have run into problems with the local authority.
Clare County Council has informed the greyhound board that “it is not favourably disposed towards the proposed development as currently proposed for a number of reasons”.
The primary reason arises from a submission from the National Roads Authority that the stadium should not be in place until the completion of the €349 million Shannon tunnel in 2010. The greyhound board announced its intention when lodging the plans in July that the stadium would be operational by 2008.