Green light for docklands events space

PLANNERS have given the green light for a unique performance and events space in the Dublin docklands, it was revealed yesterday.

The Point Village, built out of 116 old multi-coloured shipping containers, will host open-air concerts, an outdoor cinema and weekend markets next door to the O2. A big wheel similar to the London Eye is also being planned.

Developer Harry Crosbie said it was a temporary, low-cost solution to open the area to the public rather than let it lie idle in the recession.