I came across some road infrastructure plans for Dublin which never happened, THANKFULLY. I thought it would be interesting to post here and see what other projects people can think of.
I actually agree with that, I just don't agree that Mountjoy should turn into a luxury resort. Raze the place to the ground and bury its ghosts.
Not really, it's where most of the inmates are from 😮
Regarding the "city out west" I also remember another suggestion in either the late 80s or early 90s to build a new capital city in and around the Sixmilebridge/Shannon area to rebalance the development of Dublin. It was suggested that it be called "Saibhreas" (the Irish for wealth) and take advantage of the fact that there was an internaional airport in Shannon. The proposal was that, similar to Brazilia, the institutions of government move there and a population of around 100K be considered in the first draft but with it eventually developing eastwards towards Limerick.
Now I'm pretty sure it was just an academic suggestion but it would have been interesting if it had been taken seriously at the time.
What are you actually suggesting here...? 30 acres of prime city centre real estate shouldn't be used for houses but instead we build some kind of ...ghost containment zone?
Academic suggestion at best, crayon plan is also possible. A 1930s/40s fascist party proposed a planned new capital also.
They rarely work - Brasilia is bad, Naypyidaw is appalling
Didn't they "relocate" civil servants and their families to Naypyidaw at gunpoint?
Charlie McCreevy just wasn't ruthless enough 🤪
A rail station at Dublin Airport. The lack of one is a national embarrassment.
Im still waiting for the worlds Giraffe only zoo and Howth 2
I had forgotten about that.
On their website's Register page, I went from a state of being excited about a new home to being disapointed within seconds...
Pre-screening
Due to the high interest in this development, a pre-screening
process has been implemented. Please answer all of the
following questions to submit your application for consideration.
Pre-screening has now been closed. All units are sold out.
It is a pisstake isn't it?
Tell me it's a pisstake and not a combination of Celtic tiger era madness and poor early 21th century video editing software.
It was a marketing stunt back around 2006 or 07 I think. Was for a property website that never took off. They put up fake planning permission signs around various parts of Dublin Bay aswell at the time.
The Blue Line BRT
https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2056056620/blue-line-brt
1960s proposal for a sprawling American style inner city freeway system through the heart of Cork city. Thankfully it never got off the drawing board.
Metrolink
Cork always did have notions!
The M6 Galway Ring Road
Too soon?
Jesus wept. I sometimes think we were lucky the country was broke back then because it meant we couldn't afford to tear up our city centres.
First I've heard of this, I think. Anyone else hear of it?..
Plans in 1922 for a central train station on North city of city between Four Courts and OCS, underground connecting lines plus removal of loop line.
Actually, this should a better plan than the existing Metro North/ DART Underground.
I wonder what happened in 1922 that stopped this plan proceeding?
Answers on a postcard.
What about a second Dublin Airport at Baldonnell?
Was this a Michael O’Leary/Ryanair idea??
That was the same crowd behind West on Track more or less.
However CIE were never going to admit they messed up with the Harcourt Street Line even in the early 70s. So they planned a busway for it. Serious.
Awful idea. Belfast has two crap airports instead of one decent one with a good selection of routes. So lots of people travel down to Dublin where there's more routes and lower fares.
Imagine having to travel right across the city to catch your onward flight? Nightmare.
Anyway Baldonnel only still exists because it's so little used. The flight paths conflict with Dublin Airport, the mountains are too close and there's way too many people living nearby who'd be affected by noise.
All to make Ryanair a few more quid? No thanks. BTW O'Leary said that Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport was a white elephant that wasn't needed! He'll say literally any aul' nonsense to get in the papers.
Michael O'Leary wanted the Baldonnell airport to increase choice and lower costs.
This is fallacious, as far as passengers are concerned, because the increased choice and lower costs are solely for the airlines, not the passengers. Can you imagine an aircraft on approach to Dublin negotiating the cheapest landing charges before the airport is selected?
It is not anything that helps the passengers.
Given the outrage of just a few locals over noise at Dublin Airport following the opening of the new North runway, can you imagine the reaction to regular flights into Baldonnell? The extended centre line of the main runway is over tens of thousands of suburban houses.
Managed to read half of this and actually scrolled back to check the date... not April 1st wow... can't read anymore
this was back in the day when Ryanair flew mostly to smaller/obscure airports where they were often the only major airline present - presumably they wanted something similar in Dublin. They seem to have moved away from that model in recent years.
I think they ran out of small obscure airports that would pay them to land a few poor tourists into their remote district.
These small airports meant that a twenty minute turnaround was not only possible, but could be even less because they were the only flights in or out that day.
Michael O'Leary was also totally against Metrolink in the 2000s despite it running passengers in and out of the airport he operates in his home city. He's a strange man.
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