Planning permission denied for hotel on Dublin’s Cobblestone pub site
Last month saw activists campaign to save the Cobblestone from the proposed development. Dublin City Council has refused planning permission for a hotel to be built on parts of the Cobblestone pub in Smithfield, the Irish Times reports. The refusal comes after much objection and protests from locals and patrons of the cultural institution. In […]
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Paschal Donohoe says “we all have to play our role” to keep Irish culture alive
The Minister for Finance has spoken about the erasure of public and cultural spaces, following the announcement that Chapters Bookstore is set to close after 40 years. Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has argued that everyone in Ireland needs to play their part in order to keep cultural landmarks alive. On Friday, Chapters Bookstore in […]
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Large turnout in Dublin for protest over planned hotels
A coffin with “RIP Culture” written on it was carried to the offices of Dublin City Council. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Dublin’s city centre as part of a protest seeking to challenge the continued removal of public spaces within Ireland. Though the protest was sparked over separate proposed plans to […]
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People are taking to the streets to save Merchant’s Arch and the Cobblestone pub
A protest will take place in Dublin this weekend. A call for support has been issued ahead of a planned protest set to take place in Dublin this weekend. Following public outrage over separate proposed plans to develop hotels atop two of the capital’s most renowned existing sites – Merchant’s Arch in Temple Bar and […]
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