Ballymun about to see its seven towers levelled

A RESIDENT casts a nostalgic upwards glance, but for the children life is a game.

Ballymun about to see its seven towers levelled

Contrasting scenes at Ballymun high-rise flats mark the final hours of this controversial north Dublin landmark.

Named after seven executed leaders of the 1916 Rising, the first of the tall buildings to be razed to the ground meets its fate tomorrow.

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