Dun Laoghaire Thread. No traffic, commuting, transport chat.

The Sun Shelter was destroyed by the easterly gales of Storm Emma in March of 2018, along with much of the anti-erosion rock at the back of the East Pier.

In the interim, the heavily indebted Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company was abolished and harbour administration folded into the County Council. The Council have been cleaning up the balance sheet since, and prioritising works with the greatest urgency and safety impact, notably remedial work to the Carlisle Pier and restoring the anti-erosion elements behind the pier.

The plan is to restore the Bandstand to make it more resilient to harsher weather and construct a new roof for the Sun Shelter that respects the Victorian design but is engineered to modern standards to avoid being wrecked again. There isn't a firm timeline on it.

Sorry I do not want to resurrect the old topic of the Baths…. yes a few brave souls leaping off the steps at end of new jetty yesterday and they have benefit of couple of showers. Was the old pool tidal fed and untreated water like Blackrock used to be? Another sad story…

Even when it was still in use into the 90s that was a kip and not up to modern safety standards. So it was going to go either way.

I don't know what the big hold up is in opening up the new pool that is lying under the new concourse, but I wouldn't be shedding a tear for the previous baths.