General Dunshaughlin news

joficeduns1 · 11-03-2021 12:02pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

to be honest I dont undertsand the refusal.

Good to know I'm not alone on that!

joficeduns1 · 11-03-2021 1:25pm

Found a bit of a clearer explanation. The land is zoned “to provide for new residential communities with ancillary community facilities, neighbourhood facilities and employment uses as considered appropriate" so specifically not for residential use. Hopefully there is some movement on actual use of the land, as there are still houses to fill and it'd be great to have another local spot for amenities and entertainment.

ongarite · 11-03-2021 1:51pm

I guess this will be appealed to ABP and granted development as it’s prime use of a Strategic Housing Zone.

Archiebello · 12-03-2021 8:19pm

Am curious as to what the planners would regard as ''employment uses" . Given the size of the site and the density of housing I would have thought there would be limited possibilities on that front. I guess it's good to see that developers are being held to account these days in terms of providing amenities. That always seemed to be an after thought with regard to urban planning down the years.

maik3n · 03-05-2021 10:21pm

New additional entrance proposed for Dunshaughlin Business Park.
http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/21794/0

Existing bus stop to be moved and an entrance placed there instead
http://goo.gl/maps/vDZ6ZdV3ZdvXoCcD6

It could be partly due to Coláiste Ríoga I imagine.

rizzee · 04-05-2021 11:01am

Any update on Aldi opening? Is it still scheduled for the 15th?

ciaran76 · 04-05-2021 11:04am

rizzee wrote: »

Any update on Aldi opening? Is it still scheduled for the 15th?

Early July now I believe.

CUCINA · 20-05-2021 9:10pm

Hi, anyone out there who has had a "Stira" or similar type of attic stairs fitted? Looking to have proper job done, so if anyone can recommend an installer or company that they were happy with? I suppose I would get a bigger response if I asked the question on Facebook but just prefer to be a bit more anonymous...
Thanks is in advance for any info....

Jinglejangle69 · 20-05-2021 9:13pm

CUCINA wrote: »

Hi, anyone out there who has had a "Stira" or similar type of attic stairs fitted? Looking to have proper job done, so if anyone can recommend an installer or company that they were happy with? I suppose I would get a bigger response if I asked the question on Facebook but just prefer to be a bit more anonymous...
Thanks is in advance for any info....

AOS home improvements.

They’re on Facebook.

beertons · 20-05-2021 9:40pm

CUCINA wrote: »

Hi, anyone out there who has had a "Stira" or similar type of attic stairs fitted? Looking to have proper job done, so if anyone can recommend an installer or company that they were happy with? I suppose I would get a bigger response if I asked the question on Facebook but just prefer to be a bit more anonymous...
Thanks is in advance for any info....

Fakro attic ladder is what you need. Great job, first thing I fitted in my own house, when we moved in here. I'm of no use to you with who to fit it.

Wizard! · 20-05-2021 10:12pm

CUCINA wrote: »

Hi, anyone out there who has had a "Stira" or similar type of attic stairs fitted?

We sent an email on 27/04 to book an appointment for a quote. They replied on the next day and we booked it for today.
They came around lunch time, gave us a quote (stair 479, opening 55, rail 24 euros) and we asked him when he can install it. He did it on the spot, took ~1 hour, minor dirt to clean afterwards.
They are coming next week to install some flooring so we can put some boxes up there (our attic is covered with insulation, there is no floor at all).
Phone: 093 38055
Email: enquiry at stira dot ie
We paid over the phone with a card.
Very happy with the result.

CUCINA · 21-05-2021 11:16pm

Thanks all,for the replies...much appreciated....

Jinglejangle69 · 21-05-2021 11:21pm

Wizard! wrote: »

We sent an email on 27/04 to book an appointment for a quote. They replied on the next day and we booked it for today.
They came around lunch time, gave us a quote (stair 479, opening 55, rail 24 euros) and we asked him when he can install it. He did it on the spot, took ~1 hour, minor dirt to clean afterwards.
They are coming next week to install some flooring so we can put some boxes up there (our attic is covered with insulation, there is no floor at all).
Phone: 093 38055
Email: enquiry at stira dot ie
We paid over the phone with a card.
Very happy with the result.

479 for the stira is very expensive.

Wizard! · 22-05-2021 11:35am

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

479 for the stira is very expensive.

Depends on the model you select:
https://www.itrolley.ie/?s=stira&post_type=product

maik3n · 09-06-2021 11:02pm

Work has commenced in the jungle between Lidl/jonesys fruit and veg and Greenane.
Not sure what they are up to?

http://snipurl.im/jkxtC

rizzee · 09-06-2021 11:04pm

maik3n wrote: »

Work has commenced in the jungle between Lidl/jonesys fruit and veg and Greenane.
Not sure what they are up to?

http://snipurl.im/jkxtC

Couple of houses/apartments, I believe. I seen a residential zone sign when passing recently.

GeneHunt · 10-06-2021 10:11am

maik3n wrote: »

Work has commenced in the jungle between Lidl/jonesys fruit and veg and Greenane.
Not sure what they are up to?

http://snipurl.im/jkxtC

Here's what's proposed www.meath.ie

RA191277

http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/ra191277/0

Development Description: 2 blocks. Block A contains 1 retail unit of 155 sqm and a 2 bed residential unit to the ground floor with 3no 3 bed duplex apartments above. Block B contains 5no 2 bed residential units to the ground floor and 5no. 3 bed duplex apartments above. Communal recreation space, parking and associated works. Totalling 14 residential units and 1 retail unit. Materials to be brick and painted cement render. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

Metalpanic · 15-06-2021 2:55pm

Anyone have a recommendation for someone locally doing car valeting/detailing?

Exile59 · 16-06-2021 2:25pm

It's been quite a while since I posted here! Good to see the thread still running.

As a blow in, I really do think the progression in Dunshaughlin I had hoped for, really isn't coming to pass....

It's just houses. And more houses. And apartment blocks and the occasional creche. I had previously assumed with an absolute explosion in residential units, there would be some form of correlation with retail, restaurants, businesses etc. The exact opposite is actually happening.

Businesses are shutting to make way for more residential units. The small few sections of prime real estate in the very centre of Dunshaughlin is zoned residential, just like the one highlighted above, across the way from The Arch. And the plot of land on the other side of the road, between the Irish school and the filling station.....zone residential.

I really don't think too many people want to live in a town which is pretty much just a commuter belt town. And that's what's happening here. Just houses. And more apartments.

If greater thought and more incentives aren't given to business owners to open businesses in Dunshaughlin town centre, in five years time we'll be living in a main street surrounded by thousands of houses, an Aldi, Lidl, Supervalu, three pubs and a few takeaways.

At least we have the barbers.....

Wizard! · 16-06-2021 5:51pm

Exile59 wrote: »

It's just houses. And more houses. And apartment blocks and the occasional creche. I had previously assumed with an absolute explosion in residential units, there would be some form of correlation with retail, restaurants, businesses etc. The exact opposite is actually happening.

I wouldn't expect many new businesses to open during a period that most of them are not allowed to open... :rolleyes:

ongarite · 16-06-2021 8:57pm

Anyone know if the vaccine centre is open in Fairyhouse racecourse yet?
The signs are up but it's hard to see when driving by if it's actually open yet.
My first dose is for Navan this weekend.

maik3n · 16-06-2021 9:01pm

ongarite wrote: »

Anyone know if the vaccine centre is open on Fairyhouse racecourse yet?
The sings are up but it's hard to see when driving by if it's act open yet.
My first dose is for Navan this weekend.

Yes, she's open.
Started vaccinating on Monday June 14th.

ongarite · 16-06-2021 10:58pm

Large power cut in Ratoath?
All gone dark here with alarms going off.

GeneHunt · 17-06-2021 11:31am

ongarite wrote: »

Anyone know if the vaccine centre is open in Fairyhouse racecourse yet?
The signs are up but it's hard to see when driving by if it's actually open yet.
My first dose is for Navan this weekend.

I'm guessing that Simonstown GAA Club, I don't think you'll be able to change vaccine centre now, that you have an appointment.

Don't go to Simonstown hurgry!!!! I got my first dose earlier this month, not sure if times have improved, but I queued for over an hour, appointment was at 17:55, I turned up at 17:40 - got the jab at 18:43. You'll have to wait in an "Observation Area" for an added 15 minutes after jab, walked out the door at 18:58.

Wizard! · 17-06-2021 11:34am

GeneHunt wrote: »

Don't go to Simonstown hurgry!!!! I got my first dose earlier this month, not sure if times have improved, but I queued for over an hour, appointment was at 17:55, I turned up at 17:40 - got the jab at 18:43. You'll have to wait in an "Observation Area" for an added 15 minutes after jab, walked out the door at 18:58.

Mine was at 01/06 and was the same time. A bit over an hour from when I left the car, until I got back in.

Exile59 · 17-06-2021 11:40am

Wizard! wrote: »

I wouldn't expect many new businesses to open during a period that most of them are not allowed to open... :rolleyes:

I was primarily referencing the zoning of areas in the town centre, purely for residential purposes. These are areas which will be needed for retail, restaurants and other businesses down the line but are now taken out of the market.

GeneHunt · 17-06-2021 12:21pm

Exile59 wrote: »

I was primarily referencing the zoning of areas in the town centre, purely for residential purposes. These are areas which will be needed for retail, restaurants and other businesses down the line but are now taken out of the market.

There is a retail unit proposed as part of the new development across from the Arch Bar! There's also a lot of retail units proposed for centre of the Willows in the coming years - which I don't agree with, that's a recipes to kill the village.

I do take your point, there was many retail units converted to residential near Apache Pizza in the last few years, but only because no one used them as shop units.

We don't want the village to have no shops or end up like polo mint, we now have a butchers and a take away in the business Park. Are the rents that high in the village?

Wizard! · 17-06-2021 1:36pm

GeneHunt wrote: »

Are the rents that high in the village?

Can't tell about store rents, but the houses have gone up.
A year ago, before the pandemic, you could found a decent 3-bed house around 1200 euros. Now, some have gone above 1600 euros. I assume that since people work remote, and many will continue to, landlords think the houses have gone up their values, cause people prefer Dunshaughlin from Dublin, which was the case, because the rent was much lower.

Exile59 · 17-06-2021 3:37pm

GeneHunt wrote: »

There is a retail unit proposed as part of the new development across from the Arch Bar! There's also a lot of retail units proposed for centre of the Willows in the coming years - which I don't agree with, that's a recipes to kill the village.

I do take your point, there was many retail units converted to residential near Apache Pizza in the last few years, but only because no one used them as shop units.

We don't want the village to have no shops or end up like polo mint, we now have a butchers and a take away in the business Park. Are the rents that high in the village?

Yea I saw that there's retail unit planned for the development. I suppose my point is that when space is so tight, it is a pity to see the few fairly large tracts of land being zoned mainly residential in the town centre.

Was hoping for a McDonalds, Starbucks, Penny's and maybe a Brown Thomas.

joficeduns1 · 18-06-2021 10:36am

Agree that there's a serious lack of commercial development around the village centre. The plans for the Willows are welcome (selfishly) but there should be more incentive to get into the town. We'll see what it's like in 12 months time hopefully post-pandemic.

Borderfox · 24-06-2021 5:28pm

The new development is called the Arches, 14 residential units in a duplex/apartment layout and one commercial unit (possibly a Centra)

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ongarite · 24-06-2021 9:38pm

Has a new ice-cream/gelato shop opened in Dunshaughlin on opposite side of road from BOI?

maik3n · 24-06-2021 9:42pm

ongarite wrote: »

Has a new ice-cream/gelato shop opened in Dunshaughlin on opposite side of road from BOI?

A bit random for sure, but that would be a Yes.

http://www.instagram.com/cahoots.ice.cream/

rizzee · 24-06-2021 9:43pm

ongarite wrote: »

Has a new ice-cream/gelato shop opened in Dunshaughlin on opposite side of road from BOI?

Yeah, we walked by Tuesday evening and popped in. It was open after 8pm! Enjoyed it.

Diddleydoo · 30-07-2021 4:48pm

What is the development taking place on the other side of the fence at Lidl? No central parking which is a shame or no central plaza.

GeneHunt · 30-07-2021 10:36pm

I believe that is a new extension to the Greenane estate.

The construction of 20 dwellings to include 1 no. 4 bed 2 storey detached house; 10 no. 4 bed 2 storey semidetached houses; and 9 no. 3 bed 2 storey terraced houses. b) New vehicular road access from Greenane Rd. c) All associated drainage services, boundary wall treatment, site works and landscaped open spaces. Significant further information/revised plans submitted on this application

jjmcclure · 05-08-2021 1:03pm

Anyone know a dog sitter in the area. Need a dog minded on sunday 8th Aug

Diddleydoo · 06-08-2021 7:37pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117685131#Comment_117685131

Thank you GeneHunt for your reply. Where are all the people coming from to buy all these houses I wonder...

GeneHunt · 11-08-2021 6:03pm

An article in the Meath Chronicle

Dunshaughlin is named a 2021 ‘Poetry Town’

https://www.meathchronicle.ie/2021/08/10/dunshaughlin-is-named-a-2021-poetry-town/

rizzee · 11-08-2021 6:20pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117739226#Comment_117739226

Roses are red,

Violets are blue,

We have a surplus of takeaways, phone shops and hairdressers,

Would you like one too?

RugbyLover123 · 24-08-2021 9:16pm

Anyone know what the story with Carlettos Pizzeria is? Haven’t seen it open for a while.

rizzee · 24-08-2021 11:46pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117799261#Comment_117799261

Was wondering this myself. Found out last week when trying to order online:

Carletto's Staff & Families are taking a well deserved annual vacation. We'll be closed for a few weeks from Tuesday 03 August. Looking forward to serving you all again soon. Thanks for your understanding & support from All the Staff at Carletto's Pizzeria.

B65team · 17-09-2021 3:54pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117685131#Comment_117685131

Apologies for the crude drawing! This is such a sad state of affairs for Dunshaughlin. In the space of a few years, 4 green areas have been or will have been torn up for either more houses or more businesses (I don't have a problem with Aldi, it's just it was a nice green area in the village). Over developed and massively under resourced. I feel sorry for those people currently living in Greenane. All that construction surrounding them.

ciaran76 · 17-09-2021 3:57pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117904656#Comment_117904656

Where those area accesible by the public ?

I agree it was a nice green area but it was a field in the middle of a village.

B65team · 17-09-2021 4:04pm

Fair comment, no they weren't accessible as far as I know. Why can't you have a field in a village though? Not really a village anymore either!

It's just not very environmentally friendly, cutting down all those trees, disturbing everything. I know it wasn't friendly to have that ugly eyesore opposite the Arch too, but atleast nature could flourish!

That green area in front of Malelduin WAS accessible to the public and see gorgeous that is now!

ciaran76 · 17-09-2021 4:29pm

I understand where you are coming from but its hard to keep a happy balance. I usually go for a jog down the Pelletstown road or towards Batterstown to get away from jogging through the village as its got busier at lunch time.

I think another park would be nice somewhere in the village/Town as the current park is ok for small children but not great for wanting to go for a long walk.

rizzee · 17-09-2021 4:31pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117904806#Comment_117904806

Once the Willows road gets down and joins Lagore that'll be nice. 1km running track ready within a month or so,too.

Dickie10 · 25-10-2021 8:42pm

how is the new secondary school in dunshauglin going? i see pictures on facebook, but seems very small numbers started in first year and there all boys in any photos, i presume its mixed school?

corkgirl111 · 20-12-2021 8:14pm

Hey guys. Does anyone have any feedback about Dun Rioga and what its like to live in? Having lived in Dublin for 10 years I am now considering the move to Dunshaughlin. Bit nervous about leaving the big smoke so not 100% sure it is the right move but we like the house and the town seems nice and my husband's family are from Navan so would be nice to be close to them if we have kids in the future etc! Just looking for feedback from anyone else who made the move? Also I saw on the thread there may be issues with broadband?

ciaran76 · 21-12-2021 3:36pm

Gourmet Food Parlour to open in the village. Upbeside Costa I believe. Nice add to the village.

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An article in the Meath Chronicle