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#851 Dunsink: Solving the Housing Crisis by Creating Another Crisis?
Niall speaks to Councillor Gavin Pepper and a local resident from Scribblestown about controversial plans to build a new town at Dunsink in north Dublin.
Fingal County Council’s draft Dunsink Urban Area Plan proposes the construction of 18,500 homes for a population of more than 46,000 people on over 1,000 acres of land beside Finglas, Ashtown, Castleknock and Blanchardstown. Most of the homes would be apartments, with some buildings reaching up to 15 storeys.
However, Uisce Éireann has warned that the full development cannot proceed unless two enormous infrastructure projects are completed…
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