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Jump To Comment: 5 4 3 2 1Pristine and artificial to sheep roaming around Merrion Square.
What about some goats to eat up the greenery, nothing like them to cause havoc?
Did anyone see the plans for that adjacent area of Grafton Street in the Times?
Interesting times ahead for Dublin?
If you let go a few Connemara sheep on Merrion Square you would have a pristine park without the overpaid human graspers .
Sheep don't demand wages.
Everything in Merrion Square is artificial.
Composed and not natural.
Merrion Square is open to the general public and is a credit to the Park's Department. Is there a tree disease problem like Dutch Elm disease that has caused them to consider the removal of trees which greatly enhance this beautiful park. If not, it is scandal to remove the trees and disrupt a park that is already quite a splendid place to visit. Why would people waste money, particularly when the economy is in such dire straits carrying out un-necessary work and damage to the history and existence of such a park? Are there any underlying objectives? Dartmouth Square and Fitzwilliam Square attracted the attention of certain opportunistic make money fast people who thought that they could build under-ground car-parks. This failed to go ahead but Merrion Square parking potential may be up for consideration: should we be asking questions? Could there be a plan for Merrion Square and hence the destruction of trees?
Rumours abound and then go to ground. Did anyone ever hear that Merrion Square could be the next Temple Bar attraction and the emblem of the existing governments contribution to Ireland Inc? This would in fact be a good idea, and given the latest tax breaks for people to re-develop houses built prior to 1915, it is the properties that surround Merrion Square that should have an allocation of funds to ensure the Square is surrounded by occupied houses once more. The potential is massive. Recently it was reported that Johnnie Ronan, Treasury Holdings, has a property in Fitzwilliam Square and that his expired planning permission has been re-activated for a further five years. The ambition is to make the property a home. This was done in the early 1980's by Ib Jorgensen but the timing was not right then and few followed the trend. However now, with the emphasis of Smart urban living, things might be different.
During the last Government someone had the incredibly stupid idea to remove most of the trees in O'Connell Street. Ireland is about green, it is about trees. Why would anyone seek to cut them down when they are such a contributor. The saplings that are oven seen growing from the trunks of trees along the canal or in the Phoenix Park should be an education experience for children. There should be a nominated day, a location in need of trees, and children should plant the saplings be they Chestnut, Beech, Oak so that they understand about nature.
Smart urban village revival needs to learn from the people in the west of Ireland. Ballyvaughan, Co Clare, is host to an art college, to a community of all kinds of people who can use the technology to live aloof and afar but in a non urban space based on their choice of lifestyle. The key is technology facilitates them now to do this. Check out recent article about the Burren and how people created community at local level. Smart sustainable urban villages are a realistic possibility for Dublin and should be embraced. Nature endowed us with the privileges of water, greenery, trees, space, parks.
Anybody willing to help please email tobinwr@tcd.ie . We need to protect green space and trees in our city.