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Hearing on Lansdowne Road project
An Bord Pleanála is to hold a hearing in the next month to discuss objections to the €350 million redevelopment of Lansdowne Road stadium.
Last month Dublin City Council approved the plans put forward by the Lansdowne Road Stadium Development Company, which wants to begin work early next year. The decision to hold the hearing could delay this process.
A spokesman said the company was confident the work could begin on schedule.
There have been 33 objections to the project. The main concerns refer to the size of the development, which will be bigger in height than Croke Park, as well as its multipurpose nature. Loss of privacy and security issues are also among the concerns of local residents.
File on fatal stabbing for DPP
Gardaí are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions on a man and two youths who were questioned and later released in relation to the fatal stabbing of a 26-year-old man in Ballymun over the weekend.
James Donoghue was stabbed at a house party at Cairn Court at around 2am on Sunday morning.
One of those released yesterday has since been rearrested on a separate matter.
However, the other two were released without charge pending the preparation of the DPP file.
All three are believed to be members of the Traveller community who have settled around the Ballymun area.
Under section 4 of the Criminal Justice Act, gardaí had to either release or charge them within 12 hours.
Tesco offers Polish food range
Tesco Ireland has begun stocking a selection of Polish foods in one of its Dublin outlets and intends to introduce the range in other stores in the coming months.
The store in Clearwater, Finglas, now stocks borscht, pickled vegetables, beer brands such as Tyskie and Zywiec, and Polish vodka.
A Tesco Ireland spokeswoman said the range was being introduced because of the increasing demand for home foods from the growing Polish community.
About 150,000 Poles have registered to work here since their country became an EU member state in 2004 but it is not known how many still work here.
GAA asks fans to use bus and rail
The GAA has launched a campaign to encourage football and hurling fans to make more use of public transport when going to games at Croke Park.
The campaign will run ahead of this weekend's All-Ireland football final through adverts and a map showing fans how easy it is to walk to Croke Park from Dublin city centre or from the nearest Dart, Luas or mainline rail station.
Peter McKenna, stadium director of Croke Park, said the GAA had been looking for some time into alleviating the impact of major games on the area immediately surrounding the stadium.
"When you consider the proximity of the stadium to the centre of Dublin there are in fact a whole host of public transport options that should be considered by fans."
He emphasised the campaign would be an ongoing one and would target all major events in the stadium.