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Whats IL and secondly, this buildings may only have 32 apartments in it. Look at the u2 building, an apartment on every floor and there are only 12! and thats 60m. I mean the building will be high but i doubt the floor plate will be big. You wouldnt object if it were a 6 storey building taking up more ground space but only had the same number of apartments would you. Its not like big buildings take up entire blocks here is it? Im sure the building is meant to act like a landmark and if not then why arent the other buildings being built to a higher density? Your objection is based soley on height.
i think thats what is happening, but it dosnt need to be four tarcks, it will just join the same line as the other luas trams arriving from tallaght from tallaght.
i have read quite alot about the docklands redoin, but tell me why there isnt any high rise to be built there please. Ill tell you why in my opinion they are to conservative, have no vision, want to keep residents happy and can also develp the area faster if they are building the usual 5 storey crap, I mean the new buildings in Sandyford Industrial Estate have a far higher density than those in the docklands!!
The interconnector was never meant to be in place yesterday, today or tommorow. Its going to be and was always meant to be about another 8 years before it is built.
Just an idea, everyone knows that Luas is going to be pa currecked to capacity from day one. Frequency at peak times is 5 minutes. Why not order in double the amount of trams currently, increase frequency to 2.5 mins and then when the interconnector is in place, metro etc, use the trams on another line.
Ok, the Luas will be crowded by the time it reaches Heuston station at peak times, but the interconnector will have a high capacity for bringing passengers into the the city centre and doklands. And the one thing is, its going ot have to be built there is no getting out of it for CIE or the Gov.
The u2 tower is only habitable to a height of 60m, it is not allowed to be any higher than this. And where did you get 22 stories from i counted approx. 12, from the plans. Luas is also running beside Heuston Station.
Exactly, its a pity we cant take a nice chunk of manhattan and drop it on the docklands and show the residents and objectors what High Rise really is! I can guarantee you most of the people who object have never actuallt been out of this country, they are completely ignorant.
No completely disagree. Did the DDDA produce the land for the redevelopment or was it already there? 4 DARTstations, that was CIE. Direct proximity to the city centre and direct access to a river at amature stage? How can the DDDA claim any credit for this? Its the docklands for god sake! And the U2 tower and millenium tower are 60m high! In the docklands the one place suitable for high buildings in the city!
Who cares if it slows development in the docklands? It shows you what a joke the development in the docklands is, beside Heuston Station a 32 storey building is proposed and the best the DDDA can come up with is 60m!!!!!!!!
So it will be an actual skyscraper .ie over 120m high fantastic. There are so many 60m plus buildings going up, tara street, u2 tower, pearse street, spencer dock, the new 19 story tower for east wall road cant be much higher. A 32 story building, now that is high rise, and even if they lob off a a floor or two its still going to be damn high.
The minister for tourism just advertised in the press both here and in the EU for proposals for a conference centre with a minimum capacity of 2000.
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Building work begins on new €50m ‘mega venue’ complex at Citywest
ADVERTISEMENTCONSTRUCTION work will begin this morning on a €50m conference venue in west Dublin which will be eight times the size of the Government’s proposed National Conference Centre.
Property developer Jim Mansfield’s project, to be called the National Convention Centre of Ireland, will hold up to 16,000 delegates with most of the work expected to be completed by next March.
Mr Mansfield intends to invest around €800m in the convention centre, a new hotel, a heritage-style village, the redevelopment of the Weston airport, which he also owns, and golf courses.
He also plans funding an extension to the Luas line to Citywest which could cost up to €20m.
He told a newspaper yesterday that when complete the Citywest complex will be a “one-stop shop” for international conventions which will compete with other large conference centres, including the NEC in Birmingham, for major European and world events.
“I want the whole package in Saggart,” he said. “Once you have the whole package, you have something to offer customers. This will be one of the finest convention centres in Europe.”
The project begins just a week after the Government advertised for submissions for its National Conference Centre which will cater for a minimum of 2,000 delegates.
Chief Executive of the Citywest hotel, John Glynn, said that most of the work would be finished by March next year.
He called on the Government to sell the centre abroad via Failte Ireland’s offices, saying that Citywest did not have the resources to market itself on such a scale.
“We are saying to the Government that money is tight, particularly with Charlie McCreevy’s budget coming up, but we are building it and we just want it to be recognised.”
He added that the decision to construct the centre was taken after computer giant IBM told them two years ago that their existing 4,000 seater centre wasn’t big enough for a planned conference.
Mr Mansfield plans on building another hotel, the Citywest Palmerstown Hotel, beside a new golf course designed by Christy O’Connor Jnr and Jack Nicklaus next year.
I heard Jim Mansfield wants a spur off to his huge new conference centre, golf course, airport, hotels etc. I think i heard him say it would cost 20 million, but he said he was prepared to pay any price to have it service city west.
If it is to be built in Landsdowne, i really hope they put an underpass of the Dart in, i mean the fact that i feel i have to state something so obvious shows you just what i think of this country when it comes to plannign and common sense!
Are people who say the stadium should be located outside of Dublin serious? The population of their entire counties wouldnt probably fill a decent stadium. The only city in Ireland is Dublin and its just about a city. Limerick, Kilkenny and others being branded cities is a joke, their small towns at best.
