It seems like a lifetime ago. On February 27, 2008, a contract was signed between Dunnes Stores and Point Village Development Limited (PVDL) to become an anchor tenant in Point Square, the retail wing of Harry Crosbie’s ambitious plan to transform the areas around the Point Depot into a village of shops, homes, offices, restaurants and cafes. It was a perfect marriage of the times: Dunnes Stores embodies Irish retail success while Crosbie believed his development could tap into the lucrative catchment of 65,000 people living in the area, an Irish “coastal wealth belt” between Clontarf and Sandymount. The signature…

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