Gript has been informed that a proposal to open an IPAS centre on historic Moore Street in the centre of Dublin has been turned down by Dublin City Council.
Gript was the first media source to report on this and the fact that it would likely lead to objections from local business people, street traders and those concerned over the further running down of the historic quarter associated with the 1916 Rising.
We reached out to a number of people including a local business person who had known nothing of the proposal to place a centre in a premises in which they have an interest.
I similarly spoke to street traders outraged at the proposal and angry over the ongoing degradation of the once iconic Dublin market street.
We also noted the recent formation of the Drogheda based company Secure Accommodation and its seeming lack of any record in the accommodation sector.
The refusal, on grounds we will examine more closely, may add to the growing questioning of the planning process and Class 20F exemptions.
Mostly it is a victory for the combined forces who made their oppositon clear.
They might be harking back to the popular song, in claiming they won this Row in the Town!
