Not everyone was happy with An Bord Pleanala’s decision to fast track plans for a 19-storey apartment block and co-living scheme at the site of the former Player Wills factory in Dublin 8 last April. A local group, the Dublin 8 Residents Association, flagged up its opposition to the proposals at the time. Spokesman Joe Clarke told The Irish Times: “It contains 240 co-living rooms, which are clearly against national policy but [are] still being waved through and the entire scheme is build to rent, meaning no local people can hope to own their own home in a massive development on…

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