3,000 homes planned on Poolbeg site subject to landfill gas warnings

Concerns have been raised over the speed, cost, and the number of housing units that can be built under a plan to fast-track the construction of 3,000 homes in the Dublin Docklands area because of the potential threat of harmful landfill gases emitted on the derelict lands.

Two weeks ago, Dublin City Council hailed the authorisation by Simon Coveney, the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government, to designate the Poolbeg West lands as a strategic development zone.

The plan envisages fast-tracking the development of homes across a large swathe of the Poolbeg peninsula in the south-east of the city.