has the ballymun regeneration achieved its social objectives?

@marty_mc wrote:

hi folks
im doing my dissertation on the regeneration of the Gorbals in Glasgow and Ballymun, and would like your views on whether urban regeneration is achieving its objectives in terms of creating sociably stable comunities. have the people of ballymun a better quality of life now, almost 10 years since the redevelopment process started?

everything was going well till the decision to make 500 people shop assistants. (ikea) but that is just my opinion.

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@a boyle wrote:

everything was going well till the decision to make 500 people shop assistants. (ikea) but that is just my opinion.

At least the locals will be able to furnish their houses at a reasonable price and with some modern designs that do not emanate from the house of St. Bernards for a change. This has to be a welcome development shared by those in the lower income bracket.

@PDLL wrote:

At least the locals will be able to furnish their houses at a reasonable price and with some modern designs that do not emanate from the house of St. Bernards for a change. This has to be a welcome development shared by those in the lower income bracket.

I know at least two people worth well over e1 million who make regular trips to Ikea in Glasgow to buy things. It’s not just locals and those in the lower income bracket who shop there. People will travel from all over the country to shop there because Irish furniture prices are a rip off. The lobby groups against Ikea used the argument that prices hadn’t increased as much as the CPI, despite the fact that price deflation is the norm in the furniture industry!!

How can anyone even begin to approach this topic when it is not even half completed yet – most of the spine blocks are still standing. You are best to wait another five years before approaching this question… Its like asking was the building of the metro a good idea (as in its not even at planning stage yet!!!)

@jdivision wrote:

I know at least two people worth well over e1 million who make regular trips to Ikea in Glasgow to buy things. It’s not just locals and those in the lower income bracket who shop there. People will travel from all over the country to shop there because Irish furniture prices are a rip off. The lobby groups against Ikea used the argument that prices hadn’t increased as much as the CPI, despite the fact that price deflation is the norm in the furniture industry!!

I agree 100% jdivision. I think though that it will particularly benefit people in the lower income bracket – best thing to happen in the Irish market in years and not just in providing lower-cost furnishing but IKEA is absolutely fantastic when it comes to designing ‘the shopping experience’ around the concept of the young family and many of the innovative ideas built into their shopping concept would serve as good examples for other Irish retailers. IKEA might be just what a newly rejuventaing area such as Ballymun needs at this point in time – a source of income and the possibility of people being able to decorate their homes according to their wishes and the size of their wallet.

@marty_mc wrote:

hi folks
im doing my dissertation on the regeneration of the Gorbals in Glasgow and Ballymun, and would like your views on whether urban regeneration is achieving its objectives in terms of creating sociably stable comunities. have the people of ballymun a better quality of life now, almost 10 years since the redevelopment process started?

Hi Marty,
I don’t mean to rain on your parade but you have opened a real can of worms there. I was gonna do something Ballymun related for my dissertation but was turned down coz A, the regeneration is not finished yet and B, I have it on good authority that the local community are well and truly fed up with student research and the goldfish bowl social science approach leading to constant interogation re; their living conditions.
Having said that, best of luck but if you have a chance to change topic at this stage I would seriously consider it(