Apartment block next to Phoenix Park gets green light despite 'visual blight' claim

Planning permission has been granted for a four-storey apartment block adjacent to Phoenix Park despite claims by the OPW that it would be “a visual blight” on this historic park.

An Bord Pleanála has upheld the decision of Dublin City Council to approve the development of 11 apartments on Blackhorse Avenue which will be just metres from the park’s boundary wall.