Housing

Developer rails against ‘diabolical’ process as Coolock housing plan is rejected

Having rezoned the former Chivers factory site from commercial to residential, developer Andrew Gillick wanted to build 550 affordable units for ‘normal people’. But then began a long and ill-fated email exchange with the Land Development Agency

The former Chivers factory site in Coolock in Dublin 17: Andrew and Maurice Gillick’s social housing idea never got off the ground