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	Ballymun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ballymun is an area on Dublin's Northside close to Dublin Airport currently best known for the Ballymun flats, a development of 7 apartment towers and many smaller "step-up" blocks (i.e.
		Historically, Ballymun was a larger area than it is now, but due to what were seen to be undesirable associations in the minds of certain people who were influenced by the false assumptions of certain less reputable media sources, the area has shrunk since the completion of the flats.
		Despite these slightly negative associations Ballymun is in fact a thriving community with a high standard of living.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballymun (219 words)

	Ballymun Flats - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ballymun Flats tower block complex in Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland, is scheduled for demolition.
		The Ballymun Flats were built in the 1960s to accommodate the rising population, and particularly to accommodate former residents of inner-city areas which were being cleared in the process of 1960s 'urban slum clearances'.
		Despite the negative perceptions of many non-residents of Ballymun, there existed, and exists today, a strong sense of pride and community in the area, as evidenced by the fact that many former residents of the flats have accepted new social housing in the district.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ballymun_flats (357 words)

	BreakingNews.ie: Tower block demolished in Ballymun
		Minister of State Noel Ahern, who was in Ballymun, Dublin, to lead the count-down to the controlled implosion of the 15-storey block of flats, said it was "another symbolic day" for the area.
		McDonagh Tower is the ninth of the Ballymun flat blocks to be demolished and the second to be destroyed by controlled implosion.
		Anne Kirwan, who used to live in Ballymun, was at the implosion with her daughter and grandchildren.
	www.breakingnews.ie /2005/06/05/story205759.html (647 words)

	Letters
		The current density in Ballymun is 26 dwellings per hectare and the density after regeneration will be in excess of 81 per hectare in the latest planning application made by Ballymun Regeneration Limited (BRL), which is a company fully owned by Dublin Corporation.
		Ballymun Regeneration Limited (BRL) are required by their company articles to consult and agree with the residents of Ballymun.
		More importantly, it overlooks or ignores the original object of the Ballymun Regenerationprogramme, which was to 'improve the living circumstances of the residents' of the estate.
	www.geocities.com /newballymun/Letters.html (1067 words)

	Ballymun Regeneration
		Investors have purchased in their droves, attracted to the development by the generous tax breaks, along with Ballymun's excellent strategic location, just 6 miles from the city centre, and minutes from Dublin Airport and Dublin City University, with a student population of 10,000.
		The residential construction programme in the new Ballymun is creating a new and exciting place to live for 30,000 inhabitants.
		The private house sales are very important to the Ballymun project, to increase the amount of houses in private ownership in the creation of a good social mix.
	www.lisney.com /DownloadedImages/Ballymun.htm (628 words)

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		Ballymun received exactly that amount in 1999 but \par received 832.4mm of rainfall in 1998.
		The rainfall trend for Ballymun is on an upward curve for the past forty years.
		This would leave green space and playing grounds for Ballymun residents and also retain some of the much needed greenbelt to offset the damage caused by pollution from the M50, the airport and heliport, and future developments approved by the Council.
	www.clubi.ie /aquarius-music/Ballymun/documents/appealbuspark1final.rtf (2894 words)

	RTE News - Ballymun families move into new homes
		The Taoiseach has officially opened 20 new houses built in Ballymun as part of a regeneration project in the area.
		By the end of this year, 500 families will have moved from their flats, while by 2010, 10,000 residents will be living in their new homes.
		Ballymun Regeneration Limited is also forging ahead with plans to build a new town which will include shops, offices, a leisure centre and private housing.
	www.rte.ie /news/2002/0222/ballymun.html (195 words)

	Ballymun Regeneration Ltd Profile: We're building the new town of Ballymun
		Ballymun was built between 1966 and 1969 by the National Building Agency which was set up specifically for the task.
		The project is being managed by Ballymun Regeneration Ltd (BRL), for Dublin City Council to ensure that Ballymun benefits from economic and social regeneration, as well as excellent housing, the project is committed to certain core principles and these act as foundation stones for the new Ballymun.
		Ballymun is just four and a half miles from O'Connell Street and has land zoned and serviced for development as well as plenty of space for housing.
	www.brl.ie /profile.htm (1614 words)

	Ballymun Youthreach Home Page
		Ballymun Youthreach opened in October 1991, initially catering for 25 young people and presently for 43.
		Youthreach is a joint Department of Labour and Department of Education programme launched in 1988 to cater for unqualified early school leavers who experience difficulties in the labour market.
		Ballymun Youthreach is one of eight Youthreach Centres run by the City of Dublin Vocational Education Committee.
	www.iol.ie /~bmunyr (344 words)

	Eneclann - Ballymun Oral History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Ballymun Regeneration Ltd. (BRL), a subsidiary company of Dublin Corporation, was established in 1997 to work with the community to develop and implement a Masterplan for the regeneration of Ballymun.
		BRL have a wider task beyond the physical construction of a new Ballymun, and are also committed to ensuring that Ballymun benefits from social as well as economic regeneration.
		The Ballymun Oral History Project was part of the History Project sponsored by BRL, between September 2000 and September 2001.
	www.eneclann.ie /NEWS-BOH.htm (627 words)

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		The Masterplan for the new Ballymun, which was published in March 1998, sets out a comprehensive strategy to be adopted in order to convert a failed high rise sink housing estate into a vibrant self-sustainable town over a ten year period.
		Such is the local interest generated that the Ballymun youth grouping who develop facilities and programmes for the 12 to 20 year old age group (those most at risk from drug culture) have approached GAP to become involved in running environmental programmes.
		It is proposed to construct a facility for the recovery of concrete and metal on the edge of Ballymun and to crush and then recycle a percentage (80%) of the concrete for reuse within the construction of the new Ballymun.
	www.galganogroup.it /allegati/RelazioneDublino.doc (5626 words)

	Ultra-red: PS/o3.d The Debt
		The acoustic experience of Ballymun was a sensual thing sculpted daily by the competing forces of what has been, what will be and the din of machinery and labour executing that transformation.
		Hosted at the Ballymun Regional Youth Resource Centre or BRYR on Sunday, June 29, 2003, this event was titled "Leading Voices: The Legacy of Leadership in Public Housing Community, Ballymun, Dublin and Pico Aliso, Los Angeles." The round table discussion featured comments by Pico Aliso residents Carmen and Walter Mendoza and Candice Monay.
		While much smaller than the sprawling community of Ballymun, the public housing of Pico Aliso appeared to the women plagued by enormous problems, not the least of which was an adversarial housing authority that cared little for preserving existing social relations and community integrity.
	www.ultrared.org /pso3d.html (1780 words)

	Ballymun Partnership - News Archive
		The Centre serves Ballymun, Whitehall, Finglas, Glasnevin North and Santry.
		The centre is managed by Ballymun Partnership the Government funded Local Development Company for Ballymun under contract from Dublin City Childcare Committee.
		It follows the work of the Ballymun Childcare Task Force report and the findings of the Ballymun Partnerships Education Strategy, which identifies early education and childhood development as central to key to happy and successful families.
	www.ballymun.org /news0010.html (597 words)

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		Ballymun New Century Development Group is an independent collection of representatives of groups in Ballymun concerned with the way Ballymun is being regenerated by Ballymun Regeneration Limited.
		We want to see Ballymun regenerated properly for the benefit of everyone involved and in line with their wishes.
		The name ‘New Ballymun’ is copyright of and used with the permission of Peter Lydon.
	www.geocities.com /newballymun (266 words)

	Ballymun Partnership
		Look anywhere in Ballymun and you will see signs of economic and social regeneration.
		Ballymun is a community on its way up.
		Our job will only be completed when Ballymun becomes a community with a natural lifecycle, where people live, are educated productively, get a job and in turn create jobs for others.
	www.ballymun.org (131 words)

	Irish Times Article - Tax-break apartments in new Ballymun (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A tax-driven apartment development going for sale off the plans next month in Ballymun is expected to reaffirm the strength of both the investment and owner occupier markets in the attractive new town now rapidly taking shape in north Dublin.
		Santry Cross is one of a number of major developments currently under way in Ballymun, which will have a population of at least 30,000.
		Ross McParland foresees a strong rental market in Ballymun not only because of DCU but also because of its close proximity to Dublin Airport and the fact that it is only a short bus trip into the city.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/property/2004/0115/3744328253RPBALLYMUN.html (631 words)

	Checkout 2006
		The Musgrave Ballymun operation opened in 1977, and is the largest of the C&C outlets, covering 110,000 square feet and employing almost 100 staff.
		The new look Ballymun opened its doors last October and was the first of the company’s nine outlets to be completely re-vamped.
		He added that Musgrave Ballymun has ‘a very loyal customer base who will also be very pleased to see us being awarded C&C of the year,’ and thanked his suppliers and customers for their support throughout the recent revamp.
	www.checkout.ie /Award.asp?ID=11 (268 words)

	Ballymun Locals Take Action Against Privatisation - Indymedia Ireland
		Growing Resentment Surfaces As 'Gentrification' Sets In This story detailing the way in which the "regeneration" of Ballymun in Dublin is turning out to be a free-for-all for private investors, property speculators, builders and landlords, at the expense of the local community is written by Mick Burke, a community activist from Ballymun.
		A process of creeping privatisation is underway in Ballymun, overseen by Ballymun Regeneration Limited (BRL), a company set up by Dublin City Council as a means to subvert local democratic control in planning matters and as a smokescreen for commercial interests.
		Those living in the older houses on the outer parts of Ballymun are seeing their community green spaces taken away to facilitate and pay for this process.
	www.indymedia.ie /newswire.php?story_id=73355 (1377 words)

	Ballymun Job Centre - News
		The Ballymun Job Centre is a community based co-operative, committed to "Building a Brighter Future With work" by providing a range of services and activities, to two client groups- local job seekers and industry, in three main areas: Employment, Training and Education.
		The Ballymun Job Centre is a successful working model of how a community initiative, responding to the recruitment needs of employers, can make a serious impact on long-term unemployment.
		The Ballymun Job Centre, in responding to both employer and employee client groups, has expanded its programmes of work and increased its core staff to 26 to meet the demands from both local clients and companies who have come to realise the valuable service we provide.
	www.bmunjob.ie (245 words)

	Ballymun Initiative for Third Level Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BITE (Ballymun Initiative for Third-Level Education) was established in 1990 to encourage pupils to stay in school beyond the compulsory age and to pursue a third level qualification.
		The Ballymun Initiative for Third-Level Education wishes to foster and advance the education of pupils in the Ballymun Comprehensive Schools and eight local feeder primary schools.
		The brainchild of a number of teachers of the Ballymun Comprehensive Schools, local community groups and Dublin City University, the primary aim of the BITE Programme was to encourage pupils from the Ballymun Comprehensive Schools to stay in school and pursue third level education.
	www.redbrick.dcu.ie /~deco_b/about.html (361 words)

	Ballymun
		Ballymun Regeneration Limited (BRL) was created by Dublin City Council to implement Ireland’s largest regeneration project and to build a new town for 30,000 inhabitants.
		Ballymun Regeneration Limited is offering for sale development lands with the benefit of planning permission subject to the agreement of the purchaser to construct the proposed scheme in accordance with the approved design and to ensure that the development is completed within 18 months of commencement and not later than 31st July 2006.
		Ballymun Regeneration Limited shall require that title to the completed development will provide, by way of a standard long lease, for contribution by way of service charge payments to the Town Centre Management Company.
	www.lisney.com /DownloadedImages/ssc433.htm (1308 words)

	Dáil Debates Official Report - 28-01-99
		It would represent an incredible injustice if the people of Ballymun were denied the opportunity for a new start due to the deteriorating relationship this Government has allowed to develop with Europe.
		I greatly believe in urban renewal, either in areas such as Ballymun or in some of the towns which were decaying before people's eyes, with families leaving because they saw no future in them.
		Finally, with regard to the designation of Ballymun or any other urban area for the purpose of urban renewal tax incentives, I would again stress that this is an integrated process in which several different elements, in particular the EU Commission approval, must be finalised before any designation can take place.
	www.irlgov.ie /debates-99/28jan99/sect10.htm (2560 words)

	Match Reports For Ballymun Kickhams GAA Club
		Ballymun and their opponents will have learned little from this encounter.
		Ballymun into the lead only for Mearnog to grab a last ditch equaliser.
		Ballymun started brightly with points from David Quinlivan and quickly went into a two point lead.
	www.ballymunkickhams.com /Match_Reports.html (2453 words)

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		\par We believe the young population in Ballymun deserves better than this in view of the appropriation of green space and playing fields by developers.\plain\f2\fs20 \par \par \par \plain\f2\fs20\b II Environmental Impact Statement \par \plain\f2\fs20 \par These applications are two of many as part of the rejuvenation of Ballymun.
		Ballymun received exactly that amount in 1999 but \par received 832.4mm in 1998.
		\par \par Developers may profit financially, but it is the present and future residents of Ballymun, the residents \par of the adjoining areas and of Dublin who will bear ad infinitum the negative impacts the rejuvenation of Ballymun proposed by the BRL and Dublin Corporation will create.
	www.clubi.ie /aquarius-music/Ballymun/documents/objectionbuspark1-2final.rtf (2093 words)

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		The site area is 5,210.3 square metres with a building development area of 1,941.2 square metres.The development consists of 23 units -a mix of 2 or 3 bedroom houses and 2 bedroom apartments on 3 floors including a 2 bedroom house for people with disabilities.
		The approach to regenerating Ballymun is unique in many respects,not only in Irish terms because of it ’s scale,but also internationally because it is being carried out with the existing population in situ.
		The new housing at Shangan was built under the watchful eyes of the future residents who were still living in the adjacent 4 storey flat blocks.
	www.riai.ie /gallery.html?type=regional&year=2003&item=3 (362 words)

	Ballymun Regeneration Ltd Profile: We're building the new town of Ballymun
		Over 800 replacement new homes for families in the flats have already been built in Ballymun with a further 600 currently under construction.
		Seven flat blocks, comprising 584 flats, have already been demolished and a further 6 blocks, comprising 548 flats, are scheduled for demolition in 2006.
		All these homes have their own style and design, and they form part of the changing landscape of Ballymun.
	www.brl.ie (94 words)

	RTE News - Ballymun tower is demolished
		The 15-storey building on Ballymun's main street, which once contained 90 flats, is now rubble.
		The explosion was slightly delayed amid concerns that there may have been someone still in a local arts centre, close to where the explosion was due to take place.
		It was part of the regeneration of the area and the tower block is due to be replaced by a civic plaza.
	www.rte.ie /news/2005/0605/ballymun.html (159 words)

	Youth Employment Summit: YES Campaign
		The vision behind the Tramlines project developed by the Ballymun Job Centre was that professional IT certification could be made accessible to the long-term unemployed in Ballymun.
		The Ballymun Job Center, a community cooperative established in 1986, is a job-placement, training and enterprise development organization.
		The Tramlines One project, developed and delivered by the Ballymun Job Center, was funded primarily by the EMPLOYMENT Integra program (EI) and FAS, the Irish state training agency and supported by donations of training materials, software and exam fees by Microsoft Ireland.
	www.yesweb.org /gkr/project_factsheet.html?pid=12 (927 words)

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