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 The S.O.S. (Save Our Seafront) Group has been going for over two years. It is made up of a group of independent people (mostly local residents) and is not affiliated with any one particular Political Party. Click Here for the latest bulletin
Public Amenties Not Private Apartments
The Council want to put an 8-story apartment and shopping complex with 180 private apartments on the site of Dun Laoghaire Baths.
This development would privatise a major section of the public seafront and
destroy a beautiful piece of coastline. It will pave the way for further high-rise commercial development on the seafront from Blackrock to Killiney. This disgraceful plan was drawn up without any public consultation.
Save Our Seafront mobilised thousands of people in protest in the two biggest demonstrations Dun Laoghaire has ever seen.
SOS also collected 10,000 signatures opposing the development and calling for the Baths to be developed as a fully public amenity with NO apartments or privatisation of the seafront.
The huge wave of protest has forced the council to back away from voting through this terrible plan at the last two council meetings. The vote has now been put off until early October.
Public pressure has forced many councillors and TD's to come out against the development, even some who initially welcomed it.
At the last Council meeting, the Council agreed, for the first time ever, to look at other ways of funding a public water amenity without building apartments or privatising the site.
People power and protest has had a major impact but we must keep up the
pressure. The County manager still wants to push through the high-rise apartments claiming there is no money for a fully public amenity.
We must demand a fully public Baths and water amenity with NO high-rise apartments or privatisation. This is a battle for the future of the Baths and the entire seafront.
It is also a fight for the right of all communities in Dublin and across the country to have proper public amenities and spaces.
The government and Council do have the money for a public amenity, they just won't spend it on amenities unless some developer can make a huge profit.
Bank Account Details
Account No: 10528182
Sort Code: 93-34-06
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Find out what the council has been up to.
Sign our On-Line Petition
By signing this petition you agree that you:
Wish to express your opposition to council plans to build an 8-storey private apartment block and shopping complex on the site of Dun Laoghaire Baths.
Oppose any plans for high-rise apartment, office or shopping complexes on the baths site or the seafront.
Oppose any development of the baths that includes exclusive residential property or prevents public access to sections of the seafront.
Call for a fully accessible public sea-baths and water based amenity and other amenities to be the main features of any redevelopment of the baths.
Call for any development of the baths to respect the unique coastal and architectural of Dun Laoghaire seafront in terms of height, scale and design.
Call for full and proper process of public consultation and an integrated environmental impact study and traffic management plan to be undertaken before plans are drawn up for the baths or other seafront developments.
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