Crosbie knocks bid to demolish 'ugly' dock sites

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2002 / January 30 2002: Crosbie knocks bid to demolish 'ugly' dock sites

The battle by U2 and millionaire businessman Harry Crosbie to save their Dublin dockland properties hotted up last night with claims that "ugly but real" buildings should not be demolished to make way for a Euro2bn development. Mr Crosbie, who attended the first day of the Bord Pleanala hearing into objections, said just because a building wasn't pretty, it did not mean it should be knocked down.

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