Phoenix Park homes will add to locals’ misery

AN BORD PLEANÁLA’S decision to grant planning permission for over 2,300 new homes and apartments on the site of Dublin’s former Phoenix Park racecourse site has angered opponents of the €670m scheme.

Rejecting an appeal by the Phoenix Park Preservation Association, the planning authority said it decided the development was in accordance with the 'proper planning and sustainable development of the area'.

Since the racecourse closed in 1990, a number of proposals had been made to have the valuable property developed.