Residents object to plan to turn former hardware store on Baggot Street into pub

Plans for a new gastropub for Baggot Street Upper in Dublin 4 would represent a further significant step in converting the area into a strip of cafes, bars and eateries catering for office workers rather than the local community, a residents group has warned in an objection to the planning application. The Upper Leeson Street Area Residents’ Association (ULSARA) is objecting to plans by Tom Doone to convert a vacant retail unit into a gastropub on the ground floor, with three residential units on the upper floors at 21 Baggot Street Upper at Dublin 4, which was formerly a Weirs hardware store.

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