WATCH THIS SPACE:YET another Irish bingo hall could be demolished to make way for redevelopment, if a planning application to Dublin City Council is successful.
The Star Bingo Hall in Crumlin, Dublin 12, has been earmarked for demolition by Nimbin Ltd, whose directors are Wil Byrne, Jack Norton, Thaddeus McCarthy and James Eivers.
Located at the junction of Crumlin Road, Kildare Road and St Mary's Road, the hall would be replaced by three buildings as part of a residential and retail development.
Around 49 apartments would be split over the three blocks, with one block fronting on Crumlin Road containing two neighbourhood shops and a medical centre. Another block would face onto Pearse Memorial Park, a third onto Kildare Road.
Deadly hotel gets approval
Fanagan Funeral Directors has been granted planning permission by Dublin City Council to build a hotel to the rear of their premises at 19-22 Aungier Street, Glovers Court and Bow Lane, Dublin 2.
This will involve demolishing a warehouse on the site used as a garage for hearses and limousines. A nine-storey hotel is to be built with 232 en suite bedrooms. There will be two basement levels, one used by Fanagans to park their fleet.
Meanwhile a plan by Holbien Developments for a 290-bed eight-storey hotel at Leeson Lane and Quinn's Lane has been opposed by TN Kelly, who owns an apartment in St Stephen's Green because of "gross impairment of Leeson Street".
