Vacant Dublin site prime for development 'covered in pigeon droppings'

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Vacant sites in key locations in Dublin are “shameful” and are exacerbating the housing crisis, a leading journalist has said.

is “disgusting” and has “pigeon droppings everywhere”.

“There are pigeon droppings everywhere, there are branches sprouting from the window grills and the whole place is falling down. An application to build 120 apartment units on the site across nine floors was submitted to An Bord Pleanála in April 2022 but has now stalled. “I asked the board why it’s taken this long and it’s because height restrictions were lifted in 2018 and as a result of that a lot of planners went back and said ‘Hang on, I can build higher than this?

 

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