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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

MOTION NO. 15

MOTION: Councillor J. Lahart

"That this Committee agrees that a programme of funding be made available in the Parks budget, to remove the grey brick wall around Rathfarnham Castle and replace it with a granite/masonry stone stub wall and railing to open it up to the people of Rathfarnham."

REPORT:

The existing grey brick wall around Rathfarnham Castle Park obscures the view of the Castle and the parkland and in itself is not a very attractive feature.  It also divides the village from the Castle and the parkland and makes for an unattractive pedestrian walk on the outside of the park.

There are a number of options that can be explored to improve on this boundary and one of them is contained in the Motion.  The different options to improve this vista will be examined and costed and the Elected Members will be updated on any proposed plans and the financial implications for the Council in committing to undertaking them.