The Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA) is a statutory agency established in 2006 by the Irish Government to redevelop the former St. Brendan's Hospital grounds in Dublin city centre.
The GDA aims to create a vibrant new city quarter with a diverse mix of uses, in a way that is sensitive to the context of the Grangegorman site, its surrounding neighbourhoods and the existing community. The challenge is to plan for and implement a complex, multi-phased development that provides:
a high quality area with physical linkages to Smithfield, Phibsborough, Prussia Street and the City Centre
new arts, cultural, recreational and public spaces to serve the community and the city
a primary school, public library and children's play spaces, and
complementary mixed-use development
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Update
Mental Health Replacement Building Progress
Tuesday 7th February, 2012 - This is an updated version of the timelapse video of the construction of the new hospital in Grangegorman. As you will see from the footage, things are progressing very quickly. last shot was taken on 7th February 2012.
Grangegorman Masterplan is recognised with another Top Award !
Tuesday 17th January 2012: The Masterplan for the re-development of Grangegorman has again been recognised by the American institute of Architects (AIA). The Moore Ruble Yudell and Duffy Mitchell O’ Donoghue designed plan received the National Honour Award for Regional and Urban Design.
This award is the American Institute of Architects highest recognition of outstanding projects around the world, and therefore is a tremendous achievement for the designers and crucial validation for the Grangegorman Development Agency (GDA).
Speaking about the award, Principal designer James Mary O’ Connor, who is a native of the Dublin 7 area, said that he was hopeful that this prestigious award will help to publicise and further increase the support and momentum for this important project.
To this end the Agency, along with Dublin Institute of Technology, is examining the options available to enable the project proceed in the best possible way. Chief Executive Officer of the GDA, Mr. Michael Hand, believes that despite the difficult circumstances there is a lot of support for the project and it will continue.
Mental Health Replacement Building Progress
Monday 12th December, 2011 - Here is a time lapse video showing the construction so far on the new Mental Health replacement facility, which is the first major physical element of the Grangegorman project. Great to see it beginning to take shape. Just in case anyone is wondering the music is Looking for Love (But not so sure), by Pretty Lights.
An Bord Pleanala Oral Hearing on the Grangegorman Project
Wednesday 30th November, 2011 - The An Bord Pleanala Oral Hearing on the Grangegorman Project finished yesterday. The GDA would sincerely like to thank all of those who took part in the process. This is a significant milestone in the project but there is still long way to go. We hope that the adjoining residents, the wider community, the HSE and DIT continue to work with us to see this great project become a reality.
Government Announcement on Capital Spending and Infrastructure
Friday 11th November, 2011 - Below is a communication to all stakeholders from the Grangegorman Development Agency Chief Executive, Mr. Michael Hand.
Dear Stakeholder,
You may be aware that Minister Howlin yesterday announced the Government’s Capital Investment Programme from 2012 to 2016. Unfortunately, the higher education budget is seriously curtailed with no new third level projects to commence construction during the period. This means that the Department of Education & Skills will not have the capital funds to advance the critical Site Infrastructure and Public Realm element of the Grangegorman project.
The Minister did state however, that our project is a Government priority project and reaffirmed government support for it. Therefore, While some elements of the project have been deferred the Agency will be able to advance some PPP elements for completion in 2017. We are currently examining the best way to move forward with these.
While the news of the deferral of aspects of the project is disappointing, we still have plenty of work to do, starting with the An Bord Pleanala Oral hearing on 24th November. We look forward to working with all stakeholders into the future.
Michael Hand, CEO.
Mental Health Facility Images
The new Mental Health Replacement facility for St. Brendan's hospital is really starting to take shape now as can be seen from the images below whiech were taken on Friday 4th November.
Consultative Group Community Representatives
The Consultative Group is made up of representatives from all the identified stakeholders in the Grangegorman project. The function of the Group is to allow information to pass and discussion to take place between the Agency and all of these groups. More information on the group can be found on the Consultative Group Page.
Two community representatives are eleceted onto the Consultative Group every three years. The current represntatives are Mr. Ken McCue and Ms. Kaethe Burt O' Dea. Should you wish to contact either of these people you can find their contact details on the Consultative Group members page.
President visits Grangegorman
President Mary McAleese was in Grangegormnan on Monday 3rd October as part of a DIT and Common Purpose event launching a new programme for students.
Employment Education and Training
Ms. Anne Casey recently took up the position of Employment, Education and Training Co-ordinator on the Grangegorman Project. Her role will be to seek to implement as many of the recommendations from "Joining up the Dots" as possible.
If you would like to contact Anne you can e-mail her at anne.casey@ggda.ie or call her on 01 8676122.
September Newsletter
The latest Grangegorman newsletter is now up on the web. It outlines everything that happened on the project over the summer, which is a lot. Download the document below or go to our Community Consultation and Newsletter page to see it and all of our newsletters.
Following the adoption of the Grangegorman Planning Scheme by the elected members of Dublin City Council 4 appeals were made to An Board Pleanala. These appeals were made by local people and groups and the GDA has been asked by the Board to reply to these.
You can download the documents from Dublin City Council's website by clicking here.
