Putting a bit of heart back into the urban environment

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2004 / November 18 2004: Putting a bit of heart back into the urban environment

Plans to turn a large brownfield site in D8 into an integrated urban community are in hand. Victor Griffin, former Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, often complained that there was nowhere in the Liberties where kids could kick a ball safely. The only park available, St Patrick's Park right beside the cathedral, is certainly not geared for five-a-side football. A hugely-ambitious redevelopment plan for the John Player cigarette factory and nearby Bailey Gibson packaging plant off South Circular Road - both now redundant - aims to put that right by providing two all-weather grass pitches covering six acres for junior soccer teams. The existing pitches, on an L-shaped site owned by Dublin City Council, are rudimentary and accessible only from St Teresa's Gardens, which flanks them.

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