Postcard Campaign

Green Party have a postcard campaign to restore the Dún Laoghaire Baths.

The Council is planning a new development on the site of the old Dún Laoghaire Baths. It involves infilling several acres on the seafront, a new park and baths, and building apartments to fund the scheme. We’re worried about privatising the site, and the size of the proposal. 

The Green Party have a postcard campaign to restore the Dún Laoghaire Baths. 

Councillor Kealin Ireland and Ciarán Cuffe TD signed a giant postcard that was sent to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Manager Derek Brady. The signing took place outside the closed Baths adjacent to the People Park in Dún Laoghaire. 

The postcards contain a message calling on the Manager to restore the Dún Laoghaire Baths, and can be signed by the sender. 

Councillor Kealin Ireland added: “The Baths were part of Dún Laoghaire life for generations. Instead of proposing over-scaled new buildings, we feel that a modest development that would restore the Baths is the best solution for the site.

Ciarán Cuffe TD said “Restoring the Baths wouldn’t cost the earth, and would provide a wonderful amenity, particularly for children. We feel the current proposal being put foward by the Council is just too large.”

The postcards contain the following text: “For generations the people of Dún Laoghaire enjoyed an amenity that was available to all. We are astonished that the Council has allowed the Baths to deteriorate, especially given the recent economic success of Ireland.

“We understand that Local Authorities are strapped for cash, but we would hope that you would make the restoration of the Baths a top priority. We are concerned that the Council appears to be pandering to overblown proposals from developers. All we want is for the Baths to be restored, upgraded and reopened for the people."

The postcards are available for free from the constituency office of Green Party TD Ciarán Cuffe at 96 Patrick Street Dún Laoghaire, Tel. 284 6060

Give us a call and we'll send you out a few regular size postcards that you can fill in and send off yourself to the Council.

                                      Page Last Updated 14 October 2005