Current plans for the council’s Mooretown site is that the area will be 35% social housing and 65% affordable purchase. Officials told Councillors on Friday that currently the development is being developed ‘tenure blind’ meaning that the final decision on the mix of tenures will be made at a later stage but the current plan…
187 houses, 50 apartments in two blocks, and 37 own-door duplexes are being planned by Fingal County Council in their Mooretown development. The plans also include a new link road from the Rathbeale Road which will cross their lands and meet Swords Community College (SCC). Phase 1 of the development of the council lands between…
A learn to cycle track will be built at a site in the Ward River Valley next to the Brackenstown Road. The site is currently used by construction workers who built the new steps into the valley from the Windmill Lands side. The new facility will be an area laid out with road markings to…
For the month of May the iconic artwork An Comórtas will be on display to the public in the newly opened Carnegie Arts Centre in Swords. It is open Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday from 10am to 5pm, close for lunch 1-2pm. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Cllr Ian Carey (@careyi)
If you are at a loose end this evening why not come and hear about the grants and supports available to upgrade your home? Between 6pm and 8pm tonight the Warmer Homes, Lower Bills event is taking place in the Carnegie Court Hotel, Castle Suite. The outline of the event is as follows: Cllr Ian…
The first element of the Swords Cultural Quarter, the Carnegie Library Arts Centre, will open to the public on May 1st. It’s first exhibition will be the display of a new specially commissioned work by artist John Byrne entitled ‘An Comórtas (The Contest)’. The piece, which can be described as a staged photograph featuring over…
The proposed Fosterstown North development, next to Boroimhe in Swords, has been rejected by An Bord Pleanala. In their decision they described the proposed 10 apartment block development as ‘visually dominant, monolithic, and overbearing’ and added that it would have significant negative impacdtts on the R132 project and BusConnects. The development, which borders the R132…
The family who own the Lord Mayors site are looking to sell it with planning permission in place, according to reports. The site, which includes the old Lord Mayors Pub, is being sold with permission to build 134 apartments. The permission allows for the iconic pub to be demolished and replaced with a modern apartment…
It’s extremely disheartening to report the public toilets in Rivervalley have been vandalised for a fourth time. The public toilets, that have been brought back into action following three previous acts of vandalism, were set on fire again on Wednesday. The facilities that have only been in service a matter of months following the completion…
The historic St Cronan’s Well is to be located within open space in the new council development off the Rathbeale Rd, council officials have confirmed. While the site of the holy well will be preserved, it is not clear if measures will be taken to preserve the water source or how the development will impact…