The Irish Times

There has been a mixed reaction to proposals for a radical transformation of the Carlisle Pier, the old mailboat pier in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown Chamber of Commerce has described some of the elements of the proposal as "aspirational" and opposes plans for 250 apartments. Dún Laoghaire is "apartmented-out", according to the chamber's outgoing president, Mr David Plunkett, who also questions the proposed location of a hotel on the harbour pier, but he supported plans for shops, restaurants and bars, which he believed would bring people to the harbour