Between Metrolink and DART 
North should facilitate a lot of development in North Dublin, which has twice the land bank of South Dublin.
The south Dubliners will be delighted.
You can hardly drive a nail into a wall in Ranelagh but you’d have the objectors out.
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Bit of an issue with the geography in south Dublin tbf as it gets to the mountains fairly quickly. If the South West is ever to get a Metro or even Luas they need to think about getting rid of some of those golf courses.
Be careful where you build
Areas on Dublin’s northside among most at-risk from ‘extreme coastal events’ – The Irish Times.
I was up in Donabate/Portrane recently for a match & I was taken aback by the scale of the housing/apartment developments completed &/or ongoing. Seemed to be loads of space for more too. I’d usually have gone no further than Newbridge House but was down in the heart of it this time. I was thinking it could be a nice place to live if the accompanying bits follow (schools, shops, other services like GPs etc etc) as you have the aforementioned Newbridge House for nature/walks/parkrun, the coastal/beach/fresh air angle so it’s just a case really of making sure it doesn’t become a concrete jungle with no amenities in the centre. If they can have a few nice playgrounds, a central shopping area where you can get an açai bowl before getting a teeth cleaning or picking up some dry cleaning then it’ll be a grand spot & close to the city.
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With the new greenway and an electric bike, you would be in a car free new st in and enjoying a pint in gibneys in 10 mins
Huzzah
Edit, turvey woods is better than newbridge
There i said it
The field across from Newbridge house could house a small sized town I reckon. It is some size.
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Donabate is closer to the city centre than Bray. Developing it is a no brainer.
Would need to be very extreme to impact Lissenhall.
I’d be surprised if they didn’t ultimately connect Metrolink to Donabate and the DART/Northern Line trains as well. Would be very well connected then.
That’s the problem, Fingal CoCo have approved plenty of housing and opened up the land around Donabate with a new road but they don’t appear to have planned extra facilities to go with the new homes.
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The all ireland rail review called for this too
The new dart is huge for donabate
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Not really but I hope whatever is built adheres to the guidelines within.
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Gone up over forty percent
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McCarthy is a bit of an idiot. He was against the Luas too.
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Imagine a small private bus service in Waterford can go contactless and Dublin Bus can’t.
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Tim Riggings will be along presently to climb down your throat.
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