Council says yes to heritage centre at Glasnevin cemeteryDublin City Council has green-lighted a heritage centre for Glasnevin cemetery. The three-storey centre will have an exhibition area, lecture theatre and cafeteria, and will involve restoration of the former Superintendents Lodge on the Finglas Road, which will be used as an office.
The plan involves moving a public bus stop on Finglas Road, the widening of entrance gates into the cemetery and the refurbishment of 19th century gates, railings and stone boundary wall onto Finglas Road. The centre is part of a €25 million 10-year plan to refurbish the cemetery in time for the centenary of the 1916 Rising. Earlier this year the Taoiseach Bertie Ahern said the overhaul of the cemetery will make the graveyard "one of the nation's greatest visitor attractions".
The project will be carried out in conjunction with the Office of Public Works with funding of €2.5 million per annum being provided from the National Development Plan over the next 10 years. Part of the work involves the restoration of protected structures, including the O'Connell Monument and Mortuary Chapel, as well as several gravestones of significant architectural and historical importance.
Bord approves Park West scheme
An Bord Pleanála has granted permission with revised conditions for a development of commercial, residential, retail and cultural uses on a site of 22 acres at Park West Business Park off the Nangor Road in Gallanstown, Dublin 22. It includes 714 apartments, shops, offices, hotel, leisure and cultural amenities, and will adjoin a plaza surrounding Cherry Orchard railway station being developed in a joint venture between Dublin City Council, Iarnród Éireann and Park West developers Harcourt Developments, a firm headed up by Pat Doherty with Mike Murphy as a director.
Resort planned for Kildare village
Bridford developments is looking to build a tourism and leisure scheme on an 82-hectare site at Palmerstown Demesne, Johnstown, Co Kildare. This involves works to a golf hotel in a part four, five and six-storey building with 170 bedrooms, 26 suites, bar, lounge, spa, pool, gym and 273 car-parking spaces. It also includes 46 golf lodges, 35 townhouses, four retail units and a restaurant.
