Huge "Floating Pontoon" planned for Lower Ormond Quay

Three parties are appealing planning permission for a floating pontoon at Lower Ormond Quay to An Bord Pleanála because of the impact it would have on the view of the Ha’penny Bridge from the River Liffey.

In April 2008, Dublin City Council granted Irish Ship and Barge Fabrication Co Ltd planning permission for the venture. The pontoon, a 120-metre - long “floating street”, would be cobbled and positioned off the Liffey Boardwalk.
The proposal is that visitors will be able to sit at tables on the pontoon, and order coffee from two former Guinness barges refurbished as a café and restaurant. The pontoon will be part of a €9 million plan to restore four 80ft former Guinness barges from the sea off the coast of Northern Ireland. Some of the barges will operate cruises on the Liffey, while a separate fleet of ferries will collect and drop off passengers at 12 points on the river.


Sources:

http://buckplanning.blogspot.com/2008/05/ormond-quay-pontoon-appealed.html

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/images/2008/0529/1211830527358_1.html

http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/property/2008/0529/1211830527358.html

http://dublin.iwai.ie/images/proposals/slides/%60Guinness-barge_pontoon_3.html

http://buckplanning.blogspot.com/2008/01/return-of-barges-to-liffey-planned.html