Pat Kenny finds his dish served up very cold

evolving_doors

So remember the land he 'acquired' 'near' his neighbour of Maple Tree House in Dalkey 12 years ago...

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/pat-kenny-claims-squatters-rights-as-legal-row-escalates-26308205.html


Well 12 years on and it would seem he's in need of some serious burn ointment

https://www.thejournal.ie/pat-kenny-loses-battle-planning-apartments-4734580-Jul2019/


I was surprised to find all the comments of support for the auld plank himself on the Journal.

So would you have sympathy for him?

He fancies himself as a lord of the demesne, ultimately in Dalkey space is a premium. Trying to control development outside the parameters of his property is naive. Sympathy in short supply.

kikilarue2

Total NIMBYism.

Everyone wants houses built, no one wants them built next door.

Larbre34

Its far from over yet, strong grounds for a judicial challenge in my view and Lord knows if there's anywhere with the money to take one, its in Pat's neck of the woods.

ILoveYourVibes

If you wanna live in Dalkey you are gonna be cramped.

Its not like the mountains or the country etc. You can't expect country views there.

ILoveYourVibes

Larbre34 wrote: »

Its far from over yet, strong grounds for a judicial challenge in my view and Lord knows if there's anywhere with the money to take one, its in Pat's neck of the woods.

If he lived anywhere else maybe Dalkey though? Its the priciest place per sq meter.

mad muffin

Should soften his cough.

Harry Palmr

Kenny and others should be fighting this all the way to Europe! A wildly expensive block of flats serves no one particularly. 24 units in 1.4 acres! It ruins the views, adds feck all to the housing stock and will make some developer richer than he deserves to be. And here's the thing - I bet the houses of that road are still there years after the block/s have been torn down.

Junkyard Tom

If I was the owner of that site I'd have invited the Travelling people to stay there while planning was being held up.

kikilarue2

Harry Palmr wrote: »

Kenny and others should be fighting this all the way to Europe! A wildly expensive block of flats serves no one particularly. 24 units in 1.4 acres! It ruins the views, adds feck all to the housing stock and will make some developer richer than he deserves to be. And here's the thing - I bet the houses of that road are still there years after the block/s have been torn down.

24 units in 1.4 acres isn't a massive number at all.

Amalgam

I don't have much time for Pat.. but it's an ugly development.

What is up with so many local Dalkey applications being overidden, against the planning officer and local council's concerns?

We have a four storey 'cube' overlooking our two storey, person wanted sea views, where that was not possible without towering over the row of semi detached houses in front of it.. The cube sits in someone's garden.

I wouldn't mind, but a lot of what is being built has no charm whatsoever, and tarnishes quickly (external wood decor, cheapest materials etc)

ILoveYourVibes

Junkyard Tom wrote: »

If I was the owner of that site I'd have invited the Travelling people to stay there while planning was being held up.

Someone did that a mile away from where we live. Nobody cared it didn't work.

branie2

Good!