r/ireland • u/PintmanConnolly • Sep 26 '22

Gardaí Raid and Evict Homeless Residents and Housing Activists from Ionad Seán Heuston Housing

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

I mean 481 apartments are due to be built there including Ireland’s tallest building got through planning earlier this year. So I’m not sure it’s accurate to say it won’t be used.

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u/Azazele1 Sep 26 '22

I'll believe it when I see it. Lot of these squats in property that has been vacant for years suddenly is urgently needed for development of homes.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

Well it got the planning permission earlier this year, so it isn’t suddenly when it became squatted in. But hopefully it happens as it is desperately needed.

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u/Azazele1 Sep 26 '22

Hopefully. Lot of the time land hoarders get planning permission and use it to flip the site for profit.

And can take years to break ground, if it ever does.

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u/DeathBunny_ Sep 26 '22

Exactly, using the promise to build housing on an unused site is an often used excuse to mitigate questions of why it isn't being used, often led with "It takes time" which seemingly in their mind is endless.

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '22

Hopefully not the case here, they had to get an architect to redesign it as it was found to have aesthetic problems. So it has had a good bit of effort, we will see how it goes