The battle for Bulloch Harbour

Locals want the historic harbour left much as it is, but developer Richard Barrett’s company Bartra is appealing the second refusal of its plans for a residential and commercial development there

Bulloch Harbour in Dalkey, which has been in use since the Middle Ages Picture: Fergal Phillips

Bulloch Harbour as it is today is 200 years old this year. “There would have been celebrations, only for this,” says Monica Smyth, when I call to her home on the quay.

Celebrations are on hold in the face of what Smyth, who has lived and worked here for ...