https://www.rte.ie/news/education/2025/0314/1501992-sports-facilities-belmayne/
Come dice nell’articolo, c’è stata così tante costruzioni in corso in questa zona per anni, ma è solo un condominio dopo l’appartamento. Nessun servizio o servizi aggiuntivi, nessuna considerazione data allo spazio aperto e alle strutture per il tempo libero. Recentemente c’è un aumento del traffico di droghe e del comportamento antisociale perché l’intero posto è solo un mucchio di vicoli e l’area fa affidamento sulla stazione già allungata di Coolock Garda.
Ora viene detto alla nuova scuola secondaria che non possono avere le strutture sportive a cui erano destinati perché la daina vuole stipare alcuni bambini con bisogni aggiuntivi scadenti nei prefabbricati che sono stati lì per anni, invece di rimuoverli come previsto e sostituire con le forze di atletica. La scuola ha offerto spazio disponibile nel nuovissimo edificio per ospitare ulteriori lezioni di bisogni speciali invece di utilizzare i prefabbricati, ma è stato detto di no. Le strutture sportive previste sarebbero state condivise con i club della comunità, speriamo di fornire alcuni punti outlet per i bambini per evitare di cadere in un comportamento ingannevole.
I cani per strada comprendono l’urgente necessità sia per i luoghi di istruzione speciale che per le abitazioni aggiuntive, ma quando non vi sono infrastrutture complementari che si verificano attorno ad esso, stai solo creando problemi più grandi lungo la linea. Chi vince in questa situazione? Gli studenti attuali perdono l’accesso a strutture sportive decenti, i bambini con esigenze aggiuntive perdono la possibilità di avere una vera classe in un edificio reale anziché un prefabbricata e la comunità perde di avere nuove strutture disponibili e opportunità per i bambini di evitare di mettersi nei guai.
C’è una mancanza cronica di pensiero unito in questo paese e dobbiamo chiedere meglio.
Protests over lack of sports facilities in north Dublin
byu/An0ther_Mr_Lizard inireland
di An0ther_Mr_Lizard
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Yeh grew up not far from here, people have been crying out for more services for years.
I got downvoted on here recently for saying people would stop objecting to housing if it was tied to additional services because places turn into shit holes real quick if you dont do it.
This whole area has had Clongriffen, Belmayne, Balgriffen right down to the coast all built up over the last 10 years, must be a few thousand people and got pretty much nothing in terms of services, bar the train station in the back arse of Clongriffen.
It’s actually shocking that there is so few public sports facilities in Ireland in general. There’s been a sporting facility / pool promised in the Skerries / Balrothery / Balbriggan area since 1948. Go anywhere else in continental Europe and they are everywhere.
Went to visit a friend near Clare Hall a few months ago to be fair it’s actually crazy like building after building of low levels apartments and not a sign of a pitch or grass for kids or gyms or basketball courts absolutely nothing it’s beyond a bit stupid at this stage now!
Same for Raheny area I know St. annes park is huge but in the grand scheme of things it’s not that big and they gave away a chunk for housing and last I read developers were still asking for more of the land it’s a mad rush to fix housing.
EDIT: Also whose fecking view would you be ruining or obstructing if you built 10-20story apartments out there and I dunno have amenities and shops in the ground level like every European city does so ppl don’t have to drive/walk/bus for mil s to get to a pharmacy or gym or bar or swimming pool 🤷🏻♂️
I don’t pass through on a regular basis – is this the un-joined-up planning of the SHDs coming home to roost or a different problem?
My issue with this is as a country we are desperately lacking in facilities. At least in Dublin you can access facilities, imagine being elsewhere in the country!
We have wasted so much of our money on the gaa when we should have focused on high quality shared facilities for everyone in our community.
Every shitty little town in Germany has an indoor 50 meter swimming pool, indoor diving pool.running track , football pitches, volley ball courts etc. whereas no facilities are provided here. Our taxes just disappear here
Blame the planners, and in a roundabout way, the public.
The focus is on more more more housing, and planning laws are being amended to focus on this.
What we’re now getting is what we had in the 80s and into the 90s, housing/apartment estates upon housing/apartment estates without facilities such as schools, transport and in this case, sports facilities.
It should be mandatory that a new estate over a certain capacity must have these in place or at least built at the same time before additional phases progress.
But we learn nothing from past mistakes and you’re shouted down as a nimby or against housing and such bollox if you raise these points.
I bet Iceland has way more indoor swimming pools and indoor football pitches than Ireland despite a population of only 300K