2,000 jobs for €1.2bn town

MORE than 2,000 jobs are to be created in west Dublin as part of ambitious plans for Ireland’s first new town this century.

The €1.2 billion Adamstown Central is expected to grow to the size of Sligo or Dundalk by 2015 but will burn less energy than conventional developments, according to architects behind the project.

A planning application was submitted to South Dublin County Council yesterday for a leisure centre, cinema, library, church, restaurants and apartments.