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Irish Times
2 days ago
- Irish Times
Witnesses sought as pedestrian injured in Dalkey car park dies in hospital
A woman in her 70s has died in hospital after being fatally injured in a collision in a car park in Dalkey, Co Dublin last weekend. In incident happened about 4.30pm on Sunday July 13th. She was taken to St Vincent's hospital, where she died on Friday. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to come forward. Anyone who was in the Castle Villas area between 4.15pm and 4.45pm is asked to contact Dún Laoghaire Garda station 01 6665000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station. READ MORE Gardaí are also appealing for anyone who may have camera footage to make it available.
BreakingNews.ie
2 days ago
- BreakingNews.ie
Woman (70s) dies from injuries after being struck by vehicle in Co Dublin
A woman has died from her injuries after she was struck by a vehicle in Dalkey, Co Dublin, last Sunday. The incident happened at a car park on Castle Villas Street at 4:30 pm. Advertisement The pedestrian, a woman in her 70s, was conveyed to St. Vincent's Hospital with life-threatening injuries. She was pronounced deceased on Thursday. Gardaí are appealing for witnesses to this incident to come forward. Anyone who was in the Castle Villas street area on Sunday 13th July 2025 between 4:15-4:45pm and who may have any information is asked to contact investigating gardaí. Likewise, anyone who may have camera footage (including dash-cam) is asked to make that footage available. Gardaí can be contacted at the Dún Laoghaire Garda Station 01 6665000, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda Station.
Irish Times
11-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Apartment living on the waterfront in Dalkey for €875,000
Address : Apt 29, Bartra Rock, Harbour Road, Dalkey, Co Dublin Price : €875,000 Agent : Hunters Estate Agents View this property on When it was originally launched in the late 1990s, the Bartra Rock development on Harbour Road in Dalkey boasted some of the most expensive apartments in Ireland. Set behind electric gates and built by Noonan Construction, its 27 units are arranged around communal gardens and sit a short walk from Dalkey's historic core. In 2001, number four – one of the larger three-bedroom units with about 130sq m (1,400sq ft) of floor space – was asking IR£625,000 (€793,586). In an indication of its enduring popularity, the same unit came through the boom and the bust that followed to achieve €1.15 million, 14 years later in 2015. Hunters Estate Agents has just launched number 29 to the market and its selling points remain the same as when the units at Bartra Rock were first constructed: a bright three-bedroom apartment with uninterrupted, panoramic views of Dublin Bay, stretching from Howth Head to Dalkey Island. Decorated in muted maritime hues and located in one of Dublin's most sought-after communities, the unit lies on the first floor and is quoting €875,000. READ MORE Extending to 84sq m (904sq ft) the living/diningroom is the focal point and has the benefit of being dual-aspect. Here, lots of glazing – with six near-full-height windows – means this space is not just bathed in light, it is soaked in sea views. These views are further enhanced by the apartment's three balconies: two off the main and third bedrooms respectively and one accessed from the diningroom, providing superb spaces to sit and observe the rhythms of the sea and its marine traffic. Thursday evenings are particularly interesting here with yacht racing in the bay and the sight of mainsails and spinnakers adding interest along the sea front. A separate kitchen has views to Dalkey Island and serves the dining area. The property also has two bathrooms: one off the hallway and an en suite to the principal bedroom, which has secondary access from the hall. Bartra Rock, Dalkey, Co Dublin Livingroom and dining area Hall Livingroom Balcony views The property has three bedrooms, two of which have balconies Balcony Kitchen Second balcony What is on sale here is a slice of coastal living in the C1-rated apartment, which has double-glazed windows throughout. Within walking distance to the popular villages of Dalkey, Glasthule and Sandycove, it is close to Bullock Harbour where you can buy fresh fish on the pier, or indeed if you don't feel like cooking, have it served up locally at Caviston's of Sandycove. The harbour also has an angling club, Dalkey Sea Scouts, a diving club, a kayak club and a slipway to launch boats that don't have moorings (permission for same is given annually by Dublin Port Company). In terms of access to the city and beyond, the Dart and bus to the city centre and Aircoach to Dublin Airport are all close by, though with views like this, you'd hardly want to leave.
Irish Times
14-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Prof Ian Robertson: ‘My father was more like a brother, and my brother was more like a father'
How agreeable are you? I'm probably excessively agreeable, but I'm also capable of being grumpy and bad tempered. If I'm involved in some project or some thinking, I find it hard to disengage from it. If I have to disengage from it, then my mind can be elsewhere, and it's when my mind is elsewhere that I could be grumpy. What is your middle name and what do you think of it? My middle name is Hamilton, and that's my mother's maiden name. I was brought up in Scotland, and it's a common tradition, a nice tradition, to take your mother's maiden name as your middle name. I like it. It reminds me of my mother, of course – Annie Hamilton, someone who was very, very intelligent, but who had to leave school at 14. All her life, she longed to be a nurse but never had formal training. To her great satisfaction, much later in her life, she ended up working as an auxiliary nurse and a care assistant. She adored that. Where is your favourite place in Ireland? My favourite place in Ireland has to be where I live, which is Dalkey. We've been here for 26 years, and I have to pinch myself every single day that I live somewhere so amazing, so beautiful, a proper community. And it is a mixed community as well. It's not all rich people. Describe yourself in three words. Driven. Dalkey. Likes-to-be-liked. READ MORE When did you last get angry? The thing that makes me most angry these days is what's happening in Gaza and Ukraine. I get angry with brutal men doing brutal things in the world. And that's real anger, not irritation, a profound anger at the ruthlessness of powerful men who lose track of all humanity. [ At the heart of Netanyahu's delusion is the belief that his interests are the same as Israel's Opens in new window ] What have you lost that you would like to have back? It sounds so pathetic in a way, and it's not smug, but the older I've got, I've been fortunate enough to remember only the gains and not the losses. There are things I don't do now that I could before. In my 60s, I ran a few half marathons, but then I had to get a new hip. I can still run, but not fast. That's not a loss, though – maybe it's relief. What is your strongest childhood memory? I may have been as young as three or four, and I'm on a bus with my parents to visit my brother and his friend, who were camping on the outskirts of Glasgow. I have this vivid feeling of a glorious summery evening, building a dam on a little stream with my brother. It was just sheer joy. Where do you come in your family's birth order, and has this defined you? I'm the second of two boys, but my brother is 10 years older than me. As we got older we became brothers, but during my childhood he was more like a dad, a kind of father figure. My father wasn't a hugely confident man but he was very affectionate, and I was very close to him as well, yet paradoxically he was more like a brother. It's funny, but right until this moment, it never occurred to me that my father was more like a brother and my brother was more like a father. What do you expect to happen when you die? The atoms in my body will spread across the cosmos from whence they came. I expect to have no consciousness or specific immortality, but I do have confidence in a continuation in chemical and informational form, beautifully scattered across the universe. When were you happiest? Now. I've never been more blessed and happier than I am at this time in my life. Which actor would play you in a biopic about your life? Oh, God, I'm terrible at actors. I'm trying to think … What about Brian Cox, who played Logan Roy in Succession? [ Want to understand what money does to your brain? Look at this photo Opens in new window ] What is your biggest career/personal regret? I didn't do my PhD until my late-30s, and that had positives as well as negatives, but career-wise, I wish I'd done it earlier in my life. Regret, however, is a useless emotion, and it becomes more useless the older you get. I'm just so lucky to have been married for over 40 years. If I hadn't met Fiona, I'm sure I'd have a lot more regrets to tell you about. I'm a lucky, lucky man. Have you any psychological quirks? The psychological quirk I would admit to having is that before arriving in Ireland, I had a strange affinity for it in my mind. I don't know where that came from. Normally, people come to Ireland, get to love the place and want to stay, but I had this strange attachment to the place before I ever came here, before I ever met anyone Irish. In conversation with Tony Clayton-Lea Ian Robertson will be at Dalkey Book Festival with Mark Little on Sunday
Irish Times
12-06-2025
- Lifestyle
- Irish Times
Trendy Dalkey three-bed with garden room for €895,000
Address : 82 St Begnet's Villas, Dalkey, Co Dublin Price : €895,000 Agent : Sherry FitzGerald St Begnet's Villas is an enclave of former council houses just off Hyde Road in Dalkey , tucked neatly between Dalkey village and Cuala GAA club. The back gardens of these houses are usually generous, and many owners have extended their homes, including the owner of number 82, who not only built a contemporary kitchen/diningroom extension into the south-facing back garden after purchasing the property 20 years ago, but also built a separate 23sq m (250sq ft) garden room, complete with shower room and kitchenette. St Begnet's Villas has become a bit of a cultural quarter in itself, with many people from the music and film business – including the current owner – moving there, attracted by the lifestyle and culture of Dalkey and the convenient transport into Dublin city centre via Dart or bus. Number 82 has been refurbished in a contemporary style, with an open-plan layout linking the livingroom at the front with the kitchen/diningroom extension at the back. Where the original kitchen used to be, just off the entrance hall, has now been turned into a utility room plumbed for washing machine and housing the gas boiler, and a separate guest WC. The owner was able to call on talented friends from the film and TV industry to help her create many of the interior design features. The generous livingroom has solid-wood flooring, bespoke shelving and an open fireplace, and is painted in a rich Farrow & Ball Pantalon, which really makes the lighting sparkle at night-time, says the owner, and creates a relaxing atmosphere at the end of a working day. READ MORE Entrance hall Livingroom Kitchen Diningroom Breakfast bar The kitchen serves as the focal point of the house, and has integrated appliances and a large central island. A roof light above brings light directly in, and off the kitchen is a lovely reading snug with a bespoke fitted pantry unit and a window out to the back garden, ideal for sitting down and having your morning coffee. 'We call this the conversation room,' says the owner. The dining area is a bright, lively spot, with full-height windows on two sides and double doors opening out to the back garden. The garden is a superb, private spot mostly laid in lawn and with a large decking area for outdoor dining and entertaining. There is also a wooden pergola with a steel dining table and benches. The garden gets the sun throughout the day, says the owner, and is a wonderful place for entertaining friends and family. Along the side passage is a bootroom with access to the front, which doubles as an additional chill-out zone. Bootroom Rear garden Garden room The garden room is nicely fitted out, with large glass sliding doors opening out to the garden, wooden floors and fitted wall-to-ceiling units to the back. This would make a superb home office, gym or yoga room, a teenagers' den or guest suite, or even an income-generating rental unit, subject to planning permission. The original staircase leads up to three bedrooms – two doubles and a small single – which is in use as a walk-in wardrobe or dressingroom. The main bedroom overlooks the back garden and has bespoke wardrobes. Bedroom two, overlooking the front, has fitted wardrobes. The bathroom is tiled in colourful mosaic and fitted with WC, sink unit and bath with overhead shower. Out front is off-street parking for two cars. The C3-rated property, extending to 106sq m (1,141sq ft), is on the market through Sherry FitzGerald seeking €895,000.
