Almost all of the new homes at O’Devaney Gardens will be apartments, with just 43 houses and duplexes. File photograph: Dara MacDónaill/The Irish TimesWork on more than 1,000 apartments in blocks up to 14 storeys high on the site of the former O’Devaney Gardens flat complex will finally begin this month, according to Dublin City Council.
The start of work at the former flat complex close to the Phoenix Park follows a failed attempt last month by a number of councillors to rescind the development agreement with construction firm Bartra. While 30 per cent of the O’Devaney Gardens homes have been reserved for social housing and 20 per cent for affordable purchase, the remaining 50 per cent were available to Bartra to sell privately.
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