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Article: Green TD wants demolition of Carlisle Pier buildings stopped
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- The Irish Times
- Article date:
- September 2, 2009
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GREEN PARTY TD Ciaran Cuffe has called for an immediate halt to
the demolition of the buildings on Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire,
Co Dublin, on the grounds that the work does not have planning
permission.
The Dun Laoghaire Harbour Company began demolishing the derelict
pier buildings two days ago. A spokeswoman for the company said it
has received legal advice that the demolition did not break the
planning laws.
The buildings on the pier, some of which are clad with asbestos
sidings, date mainly from the 1950s, but contain some Victorian
element. The structures being demolished were "unsightly and
dangerous" the spokeswoman said and their removal was essential.
Specialist asbestos ...