well what about the developments popping up in the shannonside ?

I found the plans on the council web site here . It’s a very impressive civic project and I like the fact that they plan to leave “the informal nature” of the north bank as is. It’s strange ‘though that the derelict buildings, at the city end, are only earmarked for “future restoration”. I don’t know these buildings, anyone know what state they’re in?

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this is one of the nicst red brick buildings i have seen in a long time !
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Ya think? Can’t say i like it, more of the same bland, boxy, small-windowed fare i reckon. Maybe to see it in person might do it more justice. My favourite red brick building of recent times is on Camden Quay in Cork, though it is a pity they didn’t colour co-ordinate it with the rest of the buildings on Camden Place, it’s a different shade and hence doesn’t fit into the surrounds as much as it might.
Where is the building you posted?

Childers road is one of the biggest failures ever!, it has never done anything near the job it was supposed to,but of course it is too close to the city centre to act as a ring road. It definately needs to be widened,at least between the parkway and tipperary r/bouts, the railway bridge in roxborough is a problem and i dont think iarnrod eireann are that accomodating in these situations,there is plenty of room to widen the road along much of its length, it was a disaster that the road was never extended to the dock road,there is still talks of it now but i dont see where it can be fitted in, all routes are basically blocked by development. I think to be fair to the ring road we wont really see the real benefits until the second phase to the N18 is completed , its a disgrace that the whole project wasnt completed in 1 go,of course we shouldnt really be surprised, we dont exactly get our fair share down here do we1!. Must say if its true that H&M are coming to the cresent its only more bad news for the city centre, i think zara are moving in aswell. i think it just shows that a lot of the retail accomodation is just too small,thats why river island and next are moving to purpose built units,after this next will have 3 outlets in limerick, i think hmv are talking about opening out there aswell,their store in o connell/cruises street is a bit cramped,next are also looking for a bigger store in the city centre,most likely in the new bedford row development, (actually i see they’ve started stripping the old savoy, must be coming down fairly soon),also oasis are moving from cruises street to the brown thomas store again because its bigger, i think they were outbid for cruises cafes(formerly bewleys) by new look.

Also the new cathaoirleach of Limerick co co bridgid teefy is totally against the boundary extension, oh dear!

SELL ARTHURS QUAY PARK NOW!…

I think this is one of the more ridiculous applications to come before the council, castletroy shopping centre has been a major flop since it opened 4 years ago, it still has a good few vacant units and i’ve been in there loads of times as i live only a short walk away when im in college and the place is always unbelievably quiet, if it wasnt for superquinn it would have closed by now!, i suppose they’re banking on the cinema to bring in the crowds. Its obvious that developers are more willing to take a chance in the suburbs than the city centre, again because the rates are much too high and we all know who’s fault this is!, if this goes ahead it will mean 3 shopping centres around the city being extended and at least 2 more major ones in the pipeline, i think we really need to fastrack some of the city centre proposals, bedford row redevelopment, city centre pedestrianisation etc.

As there are so many premises up for sale/lease in william street it means an excellent opportunity to give the street back its status as one of the best shopping streets in town as it was always considered in the past, quality retailers should be sought, no point replacing crap with even more crap!..

With regard to the guinness building, i think the one they are referring to here is the old guinness depot on the roxboro road,not far from the train station, this has been basically abandoned for the last couple of years and the whole site is in fairly poor shape, the cie works are located close by and there has been a lot of wrangling over proposed uses for these sites, i think its going to rumble on for quite some time yet!. These are two large and strategically very important sites with huge potential, they are suitable for a large number of uses and hopefully wont be bought up for another boring “exclusive” apartment complex, this area is in need of some serious rejuvenation and a proper plan needs to be drawn up. The guinness site was mooted as a proposed location for a new train station as all the mainline tracks run through its grounds but its all gone fairly quiet on this front lately, i’ll keep an eye on it over the coming months.

As for thomond park, a revamp here is long overdue, the place is a bit of a kip,especially in comparison to the gaelic grounds which really puts it in the shade, i think the plan at the moment is to build 2 new stands at either side of the pitch and leave 2 uncovered terraces behind the goals, i was hoping they would go the whole hog and cover the entire ground but leave standing space at each end of the pitch, this is the way most stadiums on the continent are now built.

Its good to see that the irfu are commited to developing thomond park and keeping munsters home games where they rightfully belong. A proper stadium with corporate facilities would be a huge boost for the city! all we need now is for the mackey stand to be replaced and we would have 2 stadiums for everyone to be envious of!..