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Ben and Northwood Health and Fitness had objected to the new nursing home on a number of grounds, including transport concerns, the mass and size of the development, parking issues and health and safety concerns. However after requesting some additional information the Fingal planners decided to grant planning permission to the centre with a number of conditions attached. The new centre will be spread over a five storey building over a basement car park and will have 84 bedrooms rooms in total (76 Single and 8 Double) as well as housing other facilities such as restaurants, hairdressers treatment and consultancy rooms etc for its guests. TLC who already own and manage a 74 Room nursing home within Northwood will also own and manage the new centre when built.  City
Commuters Set To Go Green with Launch of First Electric Bus18-Dec-08 THE long-awaited hybrid-electric bus will join the Dublin Bus fleet on the 16 route between Rathfarnham and Santry next week. Environmentally friendly and wheelchair accessible, the bus uses one-third less diesel than a conventional bus and creates 50pc less noise. The 2.4 litre diesel engine is also supplemented by a Siemens hybrid-electric drive system supported by lithium ion batteries and a combustion engine that burns 34pc less fuel.
Mixed Fortunes for Pub Site
ProposalsTwo Dublin northside pub redevelopment projects have received contrasting planning decisions. Dublin City Council has given the green light for the redevelopment of The Finglas Inn, in Dublin 11, which will mean the addition of 20 apartments and nine duplex homes. However, the council refused a redevelopment on the site of the Swiss Cottage pub at Santry, Dublin 9. The Swiss Cottage development would have been much bigger. The developers, Swiss Partnership and Kevin Fitzsimons, intended to build 94 apartments and seven commercial units including a new pub, a creche, a takeaway, a bookies and off-licence on the site which also currently accommodates an industrial unit and a house. More... Awear
Opens New Store in the Omni
Awear have taken the last remaining ground floor unit in the recently built fashion mall. The 2,024ft unit is located at the new Swords Road entrance to the shopping centre across from the New Look store. It joins now an impressive line up of new stores at the recently built fashion mall extension including New Look, Vero Moda , JackN'Jones, Exhibit, Change Lingerie, Best Menswear and concession store Tempest to name a few. It also joins a number of recent additions to the shopping centre in last few weeks including KFC Restaurants, Ralph for men, Florissimo Florists and Ginos Ice Cream and Creperie. Awear itself started life back in the early 70's as part of Galen Weston's hugely successful retail empire. The business was bought out by a management team, headed by Annmarie Flood, for an estimated €75m in a deal backed by Alchemy Partners in May 2007. Their current store portfolio includes 25 stores in the republic of Ireland, 2 stores in Northern Ireland and 2 in England. Santry
News Update - November / December 2008
Click here to read the Santry Update newsletter from Minister Pat Carey TD and Councillor Darragh Butler
Historical
Tour of Santry Demesne
Many thanks to all who turned out for this event.
Many
Thanks For Your Responses...
We had many emails saying there was no school in Santry around this time and the school he was talking about may have been Cloghran or Ballymun. We even had some guesses that School House Lane beside the Swiss Cottage may have been the location judging by the name.
Again many thanks to all who emailed... Cost
Plus Sofas and Beds Store opens in Santry
The new store is located beside the Pet Mania Store and is adjacent to the new extension in the retail park's northern end, which when completed shortly will include a further three retail warehouse units. The retail park, which already includes a Homebase, Currys and Home Focus stores, is located within the Northwood Development in Santry and can be accessed from either Old Swords road, Santry Avenue or the Ballymun roads. The New Cost Plus Sofa store is over two floors and extends to over 1231 square meters. As well as carrying Sofas, Beds and accessories, when fully operational the store will also contain the "Bath and Tile Studio" which will carry designer discount baths, tiles and wooden floors. To celebrate the opening of the store, Cost plus Sofa have kindly given us a promotional code (123), and if any customer says about this website and mentions the code to any staff member at the store they will get 20% off any living room accessories, amongst other promotional offers. Work
Starts on Extension to Omni Shopping Centre in Santry12-Nov-08  Work
on a 3,500sq m (37,674sq ft) extension to the Omni centre in Santry is under way
and is due to be completed next spring while one of the new units has already
been pre-booked by ArgosTHE OMNI shopping centre in north Dublin is set to broaden
its appeal further with several new retail units replacing the former Homebase
centre.
more...Preparations
on the Way for 2009 European Cross Country Championships in Santry 10-Nov-08
Santry beat of Carccassone in France and the Polish city of Bydogszcz in the competition to host the event back in October of last year. This will be the first European Athletics Championship event to be hosted in Ireland though Ireland did play host to the 1979 and 2002 World Cross Country Championships. Athletics Ireland along with partners Irish Sports Council, Fingal County Council and Clonliffe Harriers have already carried out a massive amount of work into their preparations for hosting the championships, while a lot more still remains to be done in the coming months. As part of the preparations an information booklet has been published that contains a map of the course at Santry Demesne with the location of all the facilities associated with such a major event. It also has details of hotel accommodation and a brief history of the Irish cross country tradition. You can download this booklet here Mum
Does It By The Book03-Nov-08
The winning goal came early in the second half when Conan Byrne's dipping shot from the right of the penalty area flew past Ciaran Kelly in the home goal. Barry Ferguson was sent off soon after for a second yellow card but Fingal's goalkeeper Brendan Clarke ensured victory for ten-man Fingal with fine saves from Noel McGee and Jason McCartney to maintain The win moves Fingal up to 3rd place in the Division with three games remaining in the league and eight point behind the joint division leaders Shelbourne and Dundalk which is a great result for a team in its 1st season since its formation. It sets up a month watering local Derby with Joint Leader Shelbourne this Friday at Shelbourne's home ground, Tolka Park. The night should prove to be a Halloween cracker and some fireworks are sure to fly. The Game is being sponsored by Secret Garden Salads and all children that come along on the night in fancy dress will receive a "Secret Garden" goody bag and be entered in to a draw for tickets to Ireland's next match in Croke Park a friendly versus Poland on November 19. New
Office Development in Northwood Gets Planning Permission 08-Oct-08
New
Mixed Use Development in Santry is Granted Planning Permission 17-Sep-08
The development will to consist of two buildings. The main building will front onto the Swords road and will be of mixed height ranging from two, three and four stories, the other building, which will be located behind the main building, will be two stories in height. The development will consist of a business centre own door offices a number of shops and a cafe/restaurant. The new development will be located across the road from the already successful Santry Business Park, Phase 1 of this development is already built and consists of small to medium sized industrial/office units, Phase 2 is being constructed at present and will also be made up of more industrial/office units and the final Phase, Phase 3 which will face onto the Swords road alongside the new mixed use development, will consist of 2 buildings one of 3 and the other of 4 stories in height and will be a mix industrial units at ground level with own door offices on the floors above. This final phase was granted planning permission earlier this year. It is hoped that both developments will bring new businesses and with them jobs to Santry as well as improve the streetscape along this part of the Swords road. Cycling:
Super Shelly Gets Ireland off to a Winning Start Irish Independent - Dublin,Ireland, 06-Sep-08 First-time Paralympian Enda Smyth from Santry finished seventh in the 3km cycling Individual Pursuit (CP4 class), smashing his own Irish record by 2.674, More... Sporting
Back In Promotion Race 04-Sep-08
Watched by a large crowd Sporting Fingal came from behind to take all three points. Shelbourne took the lead through captain Damien Brennan after 12 minutes but Fingal had hit the front by half-time through goals from Robbie Doyle and Conan Byrne and hung and on to this lead for the 2nd half despite having a player sent off. Shelbourne had gone into the night in second place, two spots above their Fingal rivals, but the sides are now locked together on 46 points following this result. And with League Leaders Dundalk also losing in Limerick on Friday night, it now means that just five points separate top four sides with eleven games remaining, as the race for the league title and the single promotion place to the Premier division that goes with it, really heats up !! Fingal's next league game is against Monaghan United Away this Friday, While Fingal's next home game is against St Patrick's Athletic in the quarter Final of FAI Ford Cup, this match is due to take place in Morton Stadium on Thursday the 11th of September at 7:45pm. This will see Fingal Manager Liam Bukely facing the club he formally led to the Premier Division glory Entrance to Morton Stadium is 12 Euros Adults 5 Euros Kid and Student and OAPs 8 Euros, Family and Group rates also available, for more info check out their website
The store joins the already successful Costa store in Santry which is located in the Omni Shopping centre in Santry in the fashion mall extension beside the Hughes and Hughes bookstore. Cost Plus Sofas are also believed to be opening up new store in Gulliver's Retail Park in the coming months after Fingal County Council granted them permission for alterations to an already existing unit in the retail park, which was primarily the adding of a new mezzanine floor to the existing unit. The Store will be located to the North of Retail Park beside Pet Mania and the new northern extension to the retail park which is currently under construction.
NRA Denies Blame for IKEA Opening Delay07-Aug-08 THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has revealed that it has no intention of accelerating its works project on the M50 to facilitate the opening of the new IKEA store in Ballymun. The NRA also told Northside People that, contrary to reports, the opening of IKEA, located on lands bordering the motorway and St Margaret’s Road, has not been delayed because of the works. Read the article in the Dublin People here
2008 National Athletics Awards – Coach
Of The YearThe 2008 National Athletics Awards will take place in the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry on 15th November 2008. The Awards Selection Committee is now inviting nominations for The Coach / Mentor of the Year for 2008. The Committee is looking for as wide a set of nominations as possible in order to ensure that every chance is given for this critical input to the success of the sport to be recognised. We suggest that nominations can come from individual athletes, clubs or possibly in the case of younger athletes, from the parents of those athletes. More... Flash
Floods Hits Santry09-Aug-08 Flash floods hit Santry today causing major disruption to traffic and commuters. Houses in the areas were also badly affected - Click here to view photos of the floods... Sports
Clubs in the Money 07-Aug-08
On the Northside, Morton Stadium in Santry received e400,000, with St Paul's Artane Football Club (e300,000), Naomh Barrog GAA Club, Kilbarrack (e155,000), and the Oscar Traynor Coaching and Development Centre Ltd (e150,000) also benefiting from the Sports Capital Programme’s latest splurge. Thursday, 7th August 2008- Read the article in the Dublin People here
Training is on Tuesday and Thursday at 7.15 at Sportslink in Furry Park. Top class facilities available and new players are welcome. Traffic
will be reduced to one lane the R132 Old Swords Road until 25th Nov12-Jul-08
Northside
Music Festival 200805-Jul-08 Dublin City Council is delighted to announce the Northside Music Festival 2008, a month-long programme running from 29th July to 28th August of free music events for all ages. Performances will take place across the Northside of the City in various locations (including St Pappins Church in Santry) both indoor and outdoor. Click here for details A
Special Son Remembered in Personal Memoir 03-Jul-08
The new junction will involve the construction of 3 new bridges and the following lane configuration:
Contacts: 1 800 77 50 50, info@m50concession.com For further information click here Magenta
Hall and Magenta Crescent Environmental Improvements08-Jun-08 Click here to view the plans. This is a draft and further consultative work will be carried out with the residents before a final version is developed. How
to Ditch Your Debts06-Jun-08 The secret to becoming wealthy is simple: spend less than you earn and invest the rest. That’s it! Welcome to WealthGuide, your new fortnightly advice column on personal finances, brought to you by The Wealth Shop, in OmniPark Santry. Click here to read the full article... Santry
Entered into Pride of Place 2008 Competition05-Jun-08 Dublin City Council have chosen Santry to represent Dublin City Council in the category of a population over 5000. As Santry Community Association Ltd have been in existence for over 30 years now and represent over 1600 households. In the following areas, Omni shopping Centre to Turnipin Cottages along the swords Rd, Magenta Hall/Crescent, School House Lane, Santry Villas, Oak Park Estate. Santry Close/Court, Royal Oak, Knightswood, Oak View, Woodlawn, Aulden Grange and finally Coolock Lane. Santry was chosen as it has always been a wonderful vibrant community. It has entered and done extremely well in the Dublin City Neighbourhoods Competition formerly Tidy Districts for many years now. It has also entered the National Tidy Towns competition. To find out more click here... School
Around The Corner Opens At Last 04-Jun-08
Wednesday, 4th June 2008- Read the article in the Dublin People here
Fury Over Massive 'Skyscraper' PlanPlans for a residential sky-scraper have come under fire from North Dublin Residents who say that it will destroy the identity of their area and pose a dangerous risk to incoming planes. Wednesday, 30 January 2008- Read the article in the Dublin People here New
Community Facility for Santry
The community centre was funded by the City Council with contributions from Woodford Investments and the Sports Capital Grants scheme. The centre hosts a range of features including a sprung floor and integrated audio visual system. Once open, the centre will be made available to groups promoting dance, drama, martial arts, fitness and general interests. The centre is also suitable for training, seminars and conferences. The Management Committee would like to see the faciliity used for a wide range of actvities suitable to all age groups. Potential customers are invited to contact: Mrs Caroline Molloy, Manager, Tel: 222 5720 | |||||||||||||||||
A new
nursing home development in Northwood Santry has got planning permission from
Fingal County Council despite objections from one of its most famous neighbours,
Ben Dunne's Health and Fitness Centre Northwood. The site of the new nursing home
is adjacent to Ben Dunne's successful Gym in Northwood, which most people will
be familiar with through Ben's unique radio adds where has a go at his various
gym competitors while selling the value of his own gym chain including Northwood.
There
was more good news for Santy shoppers in the run up to Christmas with the news
that Awear has opened a new store in the Omni shopping Centre. 
A
BRAVE Northside girl has become the youngest person ever to receive a ‘Just In
Time’ award from Irish Water Safety for the heroic rescue of her little brother.
In May, Northside People reported how Amy O’Donoghue (10), from Santry, dramatically
rescued her younger brother, Lee (4) from drowning in the Canary Islands. Michael
Kitt, Minister of State at the Department of the Environment, presented heroine
Amy with her award in a ceremony at Dublin Castle last week. 
Many
thanks to all who responded to the request for information from Carlos Walmsley
from Argentina. Carlos’ grandfather was educated in Santry school around 1900
and he wanted to know if this school still exists. 
Gerry
Cooley local historian has indeed confirmed that this was the location. The school
was built in 1759 by the Rev Daniel Jackson, it closed in 1928. The building was
demolished about 10 years ago, it went onto to be a private house called Burnside.
There is a Plaque from the School Building itself set into the wall at the new
houses at Burnside. 
One
of Ireland's biggest sofa mega stores, Cost Plus Sofas and Beds, who have already
eight stores nation wide, have recently opened a new store in the Gulliver's retail
park in Santry. 
Local
Soccer Team Sporting Fingal have kept alive, there slim chance of promotion ahead
of critical local derby this Friday 31st October (8pm), with a narrow win over
Athlone Town at Lissywollen. 
An
office development on lands within the Northwood development in Santry has being
just granted planning permission by Fingal County Council. The development on
lands owned by Woodford Developments Ltd and designed by JNP architects, will
consist of a 5 storey Office block with a penthouse floor, which will have set
back on all elevations by a terrace; the total floor area of the total office
block will be 3608 sqm. The site for the new office block is situated adjacent
to the recently constructed Northwood Court Office Campus.
Coffee
lovers will be glad to hear that Costa has opened their second coffee store in
Santry. The store is located in the Gulliver’s Neighbour Centre beside Gulliver’s
retail park in Northwood Santry . The store joins Eurospar and the Neighbourhood
Pharmacy at the centre. There is also a planning application in for a bank in
at the centre which is currently under consideration with Fingal County Council.
The bank concerned is believed to be the National Irish Bank. 
A
NUMBER of sports clubs and organisations across Dublin had reasons to be cheerful
last week when the Government announced that 682 projects nationwide are to receive
grants totalling e50 million. Of that total, e13.8 million will go to sports clubs/organisations
in the capital....
PLAYERS
WANTED:
AFTER
years of campaigning for new premises, a Northside Irish speaking school was finally
able to open the doors of a brand new building recently. Gaelscoil Cholmcille’s
battle for a new school had been well documented in Northside People over the
last few years, but all that was forgotten when the new premises finally opened
on Coolock Lane. The school is located beside the Astro Park Leisure facility
and provides space and facilities for pupils, which were not possible at the previous
site. 
A
small Irish local history project that has finally gone global. Every village
in the world has it's characters and stories, as we all now live in the "Global"village.
We have all come from a village or a street in a city somewhere on this planet.
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