Some pertinent points raised there.
Particularly the narrow footpaths (50cm-80cm). I have to take my iCandy Peach onto the road at times.
And the need for a pedestrian crossing on the Howth Road to link the Demesne and Furry Park Road.
Keep up the good work, pal.
its a rat run too
Yes, that stretch from the Artane roundabout down St Brigidâs Road towards the DART Station is a pure rat run. Speed bumps all the way along but some cars do be (do be is a Wexfordism, I do be locked after two pints these days etc etc) absolutely flying and practically bouncing over them. Itâs a disgrace. AodhĂĄin tried and failed to get it sorted a while back.
I tuned out at a âmemorial project for WW1 veteransâ. Thatâs peak Killester.
When did Killester start getting notions?
When they refused to add a funky moniker like Demons, Wolves or Bobcats to the name of their basketball team and insisted on just âKillesterâ
Is premier dairy still in Killester
Ban Killester
A British Legion stronghold.
Administrative Fingal pricks. They canât even see the coast
Council rejects plans for first World War memorial garden
RONAN McGREEVY
A proposed first World War memorial garden in Killester has been turned down by Dublin City Council officials.
A group of local residents are campaigning for a memorial garden on an open space at Abbeyfield, Killester, next to a former British Legion lodge. The garden suburb in Killester was created after the first World War for returning ex-servicemen.
Killester Garden Village consisted of 289 homes in the area of Abbeyfield, Middle Third and The Demesne on the north side of Dublin.
Plans for a community garden with a first World War theme were unanimously approved by councillors on the north-central area committee on October 17th last year, but have subsequently been rejected by council officials.
Killester WW1 Memorial Campaign chairman Aaron Crampton said they revised their plans to create a community garden instead of a memorial garden but it was also turned down. âIt is unfortunate we are at the stage we are while dealing with council officials. We thought it would be smooth sailing,â he said.
Puzzled
Mr Crampton said residents who support the garden are puzzled as to how the councilâs policy is consistent with allowing community gardens in the city to mark the centenary of the Easter Rising or the Flanders memorial garden in Christ Church which was opened in 2019 and is on council land.
Dublin City Council has yet to respond to questions relating to the status of the garden, but correspondence seen by The Irish Times shows that senior executive park superintendent Fergus OâCarroll turned down the concept of a memorial garden and a community garden on the basis it did not have sufficient support locally.
âIt is disappointing that we have reached this point but it does seem that the persistent promotion on so many fronts of what we were working towards as a memorial campaign has caused considerable upset among a cohort of the residents representing a range of backgrounds and political outlooks and ultimately setting some against any intervention on this open space,â he wrote to the committee in February.
The Parks Services said it was âmore than happyâ to work with the group on a booklet and a message board, but not a memorial garden, he added.