Crematorium plan referredA proposal to build the first crematorium outside Dublin at Ringaskiddy, Co Cork has been referred to An Bord Pleanála.
Ringaskiddy and District Residents Association, as well as a number of locals, have appealed planning permission by Cork County Council for the €2.5 million crematorium outside Dublin by developer Strikemount Ltd. The site is at Rocky Island in Cork harbour, located between Haulbowline and the mainland at Ringaskiddy, and was formerly used by Irish Steel as a storage depot.
The crematorium would incorporate a spiritual area, family rooms and rest rooms. Strikemount Ltd says it also intends to restore the island, which it said was in a poor condition due to its former industrial use.
Plans for Aldi store shelved
It has been a bad week for the German discounter Aldi in planning terms. An Bord Pleanála has overturned planning permission granted to Aldi by Dublin City Council for a six-storey over basement development incorporating a discount food store and 43 apartments at the Tucks Fasteners site off East Wall Road, Dublin 3.
The decision came on foot of an appeal by Derek Fitzgerald who said the site's zoning permits only a neighbourhood store.
He said the bord previously refused permission for an Aldi store in Finglas, with the same Z6 zoning and the development would add to existing heavy traffic on East Wall Road.
The bord ruled that the site is located in an area zoned for enterprise and employment and the proposed development, with its retail and residential use, would set a precedent for predominantly residential development in the area. Another blow to Aldi was Dublin City Council's decision to refuse planning permission for a store and 104 apartments at the former Premier Dairies site on Finglas Road North in Dublin 11.
House completions up 0.4%
The Minister for Housing and Urban Renewal, Noel Ahern, has announced that the total number of house completions for the first nine months of 2005 were at 54,394 units.
He said house completions nationally are up 0.4 per cent on the corresponding period in 2004. Dublin, at 12,555 units, is up 3.3 per cent.
