Comments on: PD plan for Poolbeg Peninsula unrealistic http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/10/20/pd-plan-for-poolbeg-peninsula-unrealistic/ Green Party Leader and TD for Dublin South East Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:55:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: catherine cavendish http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/10/20/pd-plan-for-poolbeg-peninsula-unrealistic/#comment-6909 catherine cavendish Sun, 08 Apr 2007 07:07:47 +0000 http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/10/20/pd-plan-for-poolbeg-peninsula-unrealistic/#comment-6909 Mr Coughlan does not relise the importance of the berm or bank or mound, as a sea defence; it was constructed so that "Sean Moore Park" would be free from gales in winter time. Sean Moore Park was given in 1980 by Dublin Port Company to the people of Sandymount, to be held in fee simple, in perpetuity, in trust by DCC for the public. Unfortunately in 1987, the name of the park which had been Sandymount Beach Park, was changed to Sean Moore Park. It is the City dump with three feet of capping on it, it was never properly capped and is less aged than South Park in Galway, holding a mountain of garbage and industrial waste beneath to a depth of ten metres compressend, unregulated, unmonitored rubblish; it was finally closed, after years of well documented protest from Sandymount Residents, in 1979. c.c. sandymount Mr Coughlan does not relise the importance of the berm or bank or mound, as a sea defence; it was constructed so that “Sean Moore Park” would be free from gales in winter time. Sean Moore Park was given in 1980 by Dublin Port Company to the people of Sandymount, to be held in fee simple, in perpetuity, in trust by DCC for the public. Unfortunately in 1987, the name of the park which had been Sandymount Beach Park, was changed to Sean Moore Park. It is the City dump with three feet of capping on it, it was never properly capped and is less aged than South Park in Galway, holding a mountain of garbage and industrial waste beneath to a depth of ten metres compressend, unregulated, unmonitored rubblish; it was finally closed, after years of well documented protest from Sandymount Residents, in 1979.
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]]> By: Enda Coughlan http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/10/20/pd-plan-for-poolbeg-peninsula-unrealistic/#comment-2207 Enda Coughlan Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:05:49 +0000 http://www.johngormley.com/wp/2006/10/20/pd-plan-for-poolbeg-peninsula-unrealistic/#comment-2207 Dear Mr Gormley TD As a landscape Design student, it is part of my course that I investigate a public space. I am looking at Sean Moore Park, I have been studying the area for over 18 months as part of my thesis. I find it hard to believe that any housing would be built near the sewage works which is both noisy and smelly. I also find the apartments that were planned to be built beside Sean Moore Park ridiculous. The natural beauty of the area is what brings me and alot of other visitors to the area. Such proposals would be ruinous to the unique ecology of the area. I have read the EIA of the Fabrizia Development and it seems that they ignore the very factors they highlight within it. My other concern is the lack of security in Sean Moore Park coupled with the high degree of anti-social behaviour that occurrs. The mounding in the park creates a haven for drunks, drug dealers and users who can go about their business out of view from the main road ways. As a designer it is the aim of my project to redesign the park to increase security, its attraction, its ecology and also its security. Mine is only in theory, I hope you can put pressure on those in power to do the same in reality. Thank you Enda Coughlan BScLGD Writtle College Dear Mr Gormley TD

As a landscape Design student, it is part of my course that I investigate a public space. I am looking at Sean Moore Park, I have been studying the area for over 18 months as part of my thesis. I find it hard to believe that any housing would be built near the sewage works which is both noisy and smelly. I also find the apartments that were planned to be built beside Sean Moore Park ridiculous.

The natural beauty of the area is what brings me and alot of other visitors to the area. Such proposals would be ruinous to the unique ecology of the area. I have read the EIA of the Fabrizia Development and it seems that they ignore the very factors they highlight within it.

My other concern is the lack of security in Sean Moore Park coupled with the high degree of anti-social behaviour that occurrs. The mounding in the park creates a haven for drunks, drug dealers and users who can go about their business out of view from the main road ways.

As a designer it is the aim of my project to redesign the park to increase security, its attraction, its ecology and also its security. Mine is only in theory, I hope you can put pressure on those in power to do the same in reality.

Thank you

Enda Coughlan
BScLGD
Writtle College

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