As the title says, this is a new thread for chat about Dun Laoghaire in general without the traffic & transport nonsense.
Enjoy.
Taking to someone and they heard Dunnes are renting out the 4 units and putting 6 apartments above them. Hopefully true. It was an eyesore and Dunnes should be ashamed.
From the Dublin Inquirer...
This is Roger Casement captured in a spotlight from the new Dún Laoghaire Baths during one of the January storms.
"Tescos head office is on the top floor of dun Laoghaire shopping centre"
The HQ for Tesco Ireland is actually the office use fronting onto Marine Road with the shops to the rear of it. The top floor of the shopping area is now near 100% a medical facility.
People have been spotted in the water, Both today and yesterday. Their actions are... idiotic, Both today and yesterday. 😂
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Yep,very true. Its a shame for the town centre though.
No forward planning as usual.
Someone told me the Kilkenny Design center wanted to take the top floor there years back but the council wouldnt give them planning to change it.
I've previously thought that this would be a good solution, but have changed my mind. If it was to be demolished and rebuilt, you'd have a gaping hole in the town centre for years which, along with with heavy construction traffic, would drive people away from the town centre. It would take years to recover and probably deal a death to some of the existing businesses in the town. Better to put on a new facade and reimagine some of the spaces in there.
Also, I know people give out about the town itself, and yes, it does have too many charity shops, it still has a wide variety of shops which cater to a mixed population: book shops, clothes shops, department store, furniture retailers, hardware, jewellery, homeware, bicycles... And from what I can see around the country, it seems to be doing better than most towns.
Most towns around the country aren't a valid comparison though. Dun Laoghaire is 8km from the center of Dublin, with the best public transport in the country running through it in the DART, in a seaside location, surrounded by the wealthiest suburbs in the country.
The actual comparable towns are places like Blackrock or Dalkey, which are far more prosperous/vibrant. But Dun Laoghaire as a bigger town than either, with more historical infrastructure, should be doing better than both. The fact its not is down to pretty awful planning/management over the last few decades.
Has the renovation of the old Buckley’s auctioneers in Sandycove been mentioned here?
Before
Now
I’m glad to see a vibrant business catering to the Forty Foot crowd, but that design is appalling. It should be a capital offence to paint redbrick.
That’s not a renovation, that’s a lick of paint
they have other plans: https://dlrcocouncil.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=af21eeb123224c4c877f410139ed1e69
sure they’ll appeal or go again
There will be some disappointed swimmers when the development goes ahead.
I was also wondering about what SC we are talking about. Just for clarity, it is the SC opposite the Church near the top of Marine Road?
I have a customer in that SC and I find it a depressing place, with so many empty units.
That's the one, there was a time where the shopping centre at the top of Marine road was the only one in Dun Laoghaire
That Asian owned shop with the ugly signage makes DL look like one of those poor English provincial towns like Rochdale or Oldham. Surprised at the council allowing such a thing.
İt's absolutely awful. Unfortunately the council can't do anything about it as it complies with the relevant planning exemptions. I believe that the community section in the council approached the shop offering to share the cost of new signage but were knocked back.
It's main business seems to be thriving = vapes. They seem to have larger floor area devoted to same than when first opened.
They sell black balaclavas as well, which is ironic as i believe they were robbed a couple of weeks back by a bunch of lads wearing the exact same black balaclavas.
https://www.dublinlive.ie/whats-on/food-drink-news/popular-dun-laoghaire-cafe-closed-28969634
yikes
Closed for two days, and reopened once measures were put in place. Rat droppings were found in the food of Strudle on Patrick street
Not sure where this properly belongs but here will do, local Labour councillor and business owner Juliet O'Connell appears in the WRC, on the wrong side of the judge. Tut tut.
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0419/1444563-councillor-seamstress/
Now Former Labour counciller:-)
I'd agree although it's an amenity at least and we'll used, you'd have to wonder what happens when it's all apartments, not much left!
Just saw that part. That may be an expensive underpayment.
Ok, so it is technically transport but I think it belongs in here.
https://www.dlrcoco.ie/news/general-news/explore-coast-seaside-discovery-free-bus-tours
Do you have a link to that? Rat droppings having been found in the food??
I've access to the report but I think posting it would be breech of GDPR
Why would it be subject to gdpr? Why wasn't it published along with the Fred report if it's a public health matter? Sounds highly dubious
It was published, I was referring to the direct report issued by the EHO not the fsai publication
I can't see any mention of Strudle in Dun Laoghaire at all there.
I only mention it because, let's face it, an accusation of rat **** being found by a health inspector in the food a restaurant is serving is incredible.
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