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architecture, a major national cultural attraction, significant permanent public access to the Pier and better links with Dún Laoghaire town centre. Subject to these
conditions being met, the Council will consider allowing other uses such as hotel, residential and retail outlets on the Pier. The Board of the Harbour Company is now
examining all its options for the redevelopment of the Carlisle Pier including the construction of the winning design.

East Pier fully open

The newly resurfaced lower level of the East Pier reopened fully in August and the car park spaces around the National Yacht Club, which had been taken over temporarily by the contractors, have been restored to use.

The new surface on the Pier is laid out in

bays with a surface mixture of concrete and seashell. The boundaries of each bay are marked out by horizontal strips of granite. A new analemmatic sundial will shortly be located on the Pier at Berth No 1.

Retirements and new arrivals

Two members of the Harbour Police retired in August after lengthy careers. Sergeant Noel Grimes retired after 29 years service and Tom Carroll retired after 25 years service. We wish them both a happy and active retirement.

Damien Grimes and Gerard Gilroy have been appointed to the Harbour Police force and the Company looks forward to welcoming them.

Harbour Company withdraws preferred bidder status for redevelopment of the Carlisle Pier

At a meeting on Tuesday 20th September the Board of the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company decided unanimously to withdraw preferred bidder status from the Urban Capital consortium to redevelop the Carlisle Pier in Dún Laoghaire Harbour.

The consortium failed to meet the timetable accompanying the winning Heneghan Peng Architects design for the submission of an acceptable planning application to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council. It was granted two further extensions of time, both of which it failed to meet and, while it wishes to continue with the project, is not in position to say when it will submit an acceptable planning application.

The consortium led by Urban Capital was chosen by the Harbour Company Board in March 2004 as the preferred bidder following a competition to redevelop the derelict Carlisle Pier site. The consortium included John Sisk & Son, Park Developments and hotelier and publican Hugh O’Regan.

The proposal, designed by Heneghan Peng Architects, featured a National Marine Life Centre as a central cultural component of the redeveloped Pier and included a 127 bed hotel, 229 apartments, retail, leisure uses and a floating stage.

Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council has set down a series of rigorous objectives for redeveloping the Pier which include a requirement for landmark