1997 1999 2000 2001

Government announces the City Development Comprehensive Health and School presentations of regeneration of / Plan 1999 adopted reflecting Safety policies developed Demolition Safety Awareness Ballymun Regeneration Masterplan objectives / by BRL / Action Area Plans begin / Consultation begins Limited established by Róisín Shortall T.D., Deputy for Neighbourhood and for Coultry Park development / Lord Mayor of Dublin, turns Community Facilities / Construction of Civic Consultation with community the historic first sod marking published / First ‘Schools Offices begins / Construction to develop the Masterplan the beginning of physical Safety Awareness Poster starts on Gateway housing for the new Ballymun begins works in Ballymun / Phase Competition’ takes place / / Work starts on Main / 2,000 people attend the 1 housing starts on site / ‘Your Future Home is Here: Street, including removal Ballymun Planning Day Consultation begins on Phase New Housing Frequently of the roundabout / 2 housing / Noel Dempsey Asked Questions’ published Consultation begins for T.D., Minister for Environment / Sillogue playground opens development of Balcurris and Local Government, / Global Action Plan (GAP) Park / Planning permission launches the Main Street comes to Ballymun / An granted for Leisure Centre Strategy, attended by , T.D. / BRL Community Wardens over 250 investors / Helen and Cllr. Mary Freehill, Lord introduced / First GAP 1998 Armstrong M.P., Minister Mayor of Dublin, come to Environmental Day held in of State at the Department Ballymun to celebrate the Ballymun Shopping Centre of Local Government progress of the building / Shangan Community and Housing (UK), visits works / Phase 2 housing Recycling Centre opens / axis Dublin City Development Ballymun / Ballymun Arts starts on site / Community opens – the first new building Plan varied to accommodate and Community Resource and Family Training Agency on Main Street / Residents Masterplan process / 5,000 Centre Development Limited (CAFTA) Housing Transition move into first new homes people attend the Draft established / National Programme for residents Masterplan Exhibition / College of Ireland (NCI) starts / Shangan playground Masterplan and Integrated establishes an outreach opens Area Plan submitted to campus in Ballymun / the Department of the Masterplan for the new Environment / Integrated Ballymun receives a national Area Plan qualifies under the award from the Irish Planning 1998 Urban Renewal Scheme Institute / / Planning applications T.D., Minister for Housing, submitted for the first new meets the winning architects homes / Planning permission of the Gateway Housing granted for axis Centre / Competition, ARP Lorimer President Mary McAleese and Associates launches Computer in Schools project in Ballymun / European Commissioner Pádraig Flynn and Proinsias De Rossa visit Ballymun

Timeline

Exhibition Design & Project Co-ordination: Ballymun Regeneration Manufacture: Fire Limited / Zero-G / Boyd Cody Architects / A2 Architects Ballymun Regeneration Limited would like to acknowledge and thank the many people who contributed and worked towards the Print: Future Print realisation of this timeline exhibition. 2002 2003 2004 2005

An Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern Ballymun Civic Centre opens Shangan Park opens /axis’ Poppintree Neighbourhood T.D. celebrates with the first / BRL and Dublin City Council first production, ‘From These Centre opens / Ceannt Tower residents in their new homes Area Office relocate to the Green Heights’ by Dermot demolished / ‘Ballymun / Ballymun Community Law new Civic Centre / Dublin Bolger, wins the Best New Masterplan Frequently Centre opens / Framework City Council Motor Tax Office Play at the Irish Times ESB Asked Questions 1998-2005’ for Environmental Action Plan opens in the Civic Centre / Irish Theatre Awards published / McDermott distributed / Oral History Sports Across Ireland project / Balcurris playground Tower demolished by Project and Community starts / Residents move into opens / Construction implosion / CAFTA’s Parenting Archive goes on display / owner-occupied new homes Operative Training begins Programme starts /Two Residents move into first at the New Horizons Housing / Mary Robinson launches years photographic work by owner-occupied new homes Co-operative / Construction the first Annual Report of the Holy Spirit Boys National at Hollywell Co-operative, of Ballymun’s first hotel the Ballymun Community School and Perry Ogden Poppintree / Andrew starts / Minister Noel Ahern Law Centre / Completion culminates with the exhibition Kearney’s ‘Illumination’ lights T.D. launches Breaking of the RegenLink project / and publication, ‘Missing up the boilerhouse, and Ground commissions by axis hosts ‘Borradh Buan’, the View’ / New Leisure marks the launch of Breaking Mark Francis, John Kindness, Ireland’s first-ever Irish Centre completed / Ballymun Ground, the Per Cent for Art Daphne Wright, and work Language Theatre Festival, Regional Youth Resource commissioning programme by local people with Mary as part of the ESB Dublin Centre (RECO) opens / CAFTA’s / Shangan Neighbourhood Fitzgerald and David Kinane Fringe Festival / Private Home and Self-Management Recycling and Composting in the Civic Centre / ‘Meet homes at Cross course starts / President Centre wins an ESB/ the Contractor’ event takes sell out in days / First new Mary McAleese visits axis to Conservation Volunteers place for local job seekers shops open on Main Street launch its Spring programme Ireland Community / Creative Writing Group / Dermot Bolger’s ‘Ballymun and ‘axis all areas’, a special Environment Award / Sophia publishes ‘You Had To Be Incantation’ is performed participative programme for Housing Association comes There!’ / Citizens Jury on as part of the ‘Demolition professional and community to Ballymun / 211 new homes Anti-Social Behaviour Wake’, held to mark the artists / Changes in retail completed under the BRL takes place / BRL Summer beginning of the demolition planning guidelines facilitate Housing Programme Projects start / Sillogue work / An Taoiseach, IKEA coming to Ballymun / Community Recycling Centre Bertie Ahern T.D. attends Childcare Quality Audits and opens / Rediscovery Centre the demolition ceremony Mentoring Services begin Feasibility Study undertaken for Pearse Tower, which is / Emerald Housing wins / Housing Association for demolished by mechanical national award for its design Integrated Living (HAIL) means / Consultation and specification / Coultry opens new homes / 52 new begins for Poppintree Park Neighbourhood Centre opens private homes completed in redevelopment / Paddy / axis’ monthly comedy club, Ballymun / 522 new homes Jolley’s ‘Here After’, a black the ‘House of Fun’ is born / completed under the BRL and white film made in the McDonagh Tower demolished Housing Programme flats in Shangan, is screened by implosion / axis and BRL in four empty flats / launch the first Dream Factory Mediation Ballymun launched / Consultation begins on Phase 3 housing / Artist Jochen Gerz’s commission, ‘amaptocare’ sees 630 donated trees planted throughout Ballymun / Five flat blocks demolished / 636 new homes completed under the BRL Housing Programme / 466 new private homes completed in Ballymun 2005 2006 2007

Summer Arts Project / Depaul 28 Travellers move from St Building, a community-based Consultation begins for further Trust Alcohol Support Project Margaret’s halting site into addiction services centre, opens developing Communications opens / Minister for Arts, new housing / HSE District / ‘Lift’, Ballymun’s annual Youth Strategy / Balcurris Park opens John O’Donoghue T.D. launches Headquarters and Primary Arts Festival, takes place for / Over one hundred volunteers Breaking Ground commissions Health Care Centre opens in the the first time / Rediscovery participate in the variety show, by Andrew Clancy, Cathy Civic Centre / Days Hotel opens Centre Waste Education ‘Celebrate Superstar’, directed Delaney, Corban Walker, Grace for business / axis presents workshops approved under by Maria and Jennie Place, in Weir and Graham Parker / the world premiere of Dermot National Discover Primary axis / BRL Open Day held in Phase 3 housing starts on site Bolger’s play, ‘The Townlands of Science Programme / Fuzzy Civic Centre atrium / Christine / Ballymun wins Race Against Brazil’ / ‘Plan-it! Play, Sport and Logic, together with students Quinn, New York City Council Waste Award in National Tidy Fun in Ballymun’ map launched / from Ballymun Senior Comp, Speaker, and other New York Towns Competition / Local Coultry Park opens / Legal Aid perform their jazz composition, City Councillors visit Ballymun artists Janice Feighery, Hugh Board establishes a family law ‘History Revision’ at Openjazz for St Patrick’s Day / Three O’Neill, Robert Kelly, Felicity service in Ballymun Community 06 in Meeting House Square, of axis’ arts in education Williams, Dean Scurry and Law Centre / BRL Open Day held Temple Bar / CAFTA’s Children’s projects – Dig It, Tales and Louise Lowe awarded public in Civic Centre atrium / Ireland’s Regeneration Programme Gliondar – take place in local art commissions / Safer first Considerate Contractors starts / Environmental schools simultaneously / Ballymun holds its first public Code of Good Practice Scheme Protection Agency (EPA) funded First series of lectures on meeting / Louise Lowe and introduced / First Ballymun community composting project Housing Law beamed into Owen Boss’ ‘Tumbledowntown’ Harvest Market held / Cuman begins / Rediscovery Centre the Civic Centre Council with the Roundabout Youth Báire Setanta Clubhouse opens Furniture Recycling Project Chambers from NUI Galway / Theatre wins the Dublin / Four new homes completed wins a Vodafone/Conservation Safer Ballymun, a Community Theatre Festival Spirit of the by Habitat for Humanity, a first Volunteers Ireland Award / GAP Safety Strategy, launched / Fringe Award / Fingal County for the / launches the ‘Big Sweep’, an Aisling After-School Project Council adopts the North Coultry Forum Office opens / enviro-crime project sponsored Evaluation Report launched / Ballymun (M50 Lands) Local Rediscovery Centre Furniture by BRL and Dublin City Council / Bartosz Portzyk, the lead actor Area Plan / 575 new private Recycling Project launched / axis Dublin City Council’s Community from ‘Smycz’ by Teatr Polski homes completed in Ballymun produces the world premiere of Wardens introduced / The Wroclaw, wins the Best Male / 905 new homes completed Little John Nee’s ‘The Mental’ as Desperate Optimists’ film, Performer at the Dublin Fringe under the BRL Housing the centrepiece to ‘Out of the ‘Leisure Centre’, scripted by local Festival Awards / BRL hosts Programme Silence’ Arts in Mental Health drama groups and featuring the ‘Safer, Cleaner, Greener Festival / Family Mediation 150 Ballymun residents, is Environments’ Conference Service established in Ballymun screened in Cineworld and at / BRL sets the standard by Community Law Centre / film festivals across the world imposing comprehensive health, Ballymun Plaza Hotel opens for / Consultation begins on Phase safety, environmental and business / Ballymun wins three 4 housing / Artist John Byrne community policy documents in National Tidy Towns Awards selects resident as the rider on contracts for all new schemes / / ‘Portrayals’ exhibition by a classical equestrian bronze Fishamble Theatre Company, in Jeanette Doyle and the women sculpture / Ballymun gains association with axis, presents of the STAR Project opens in Fairtrade Town status – the the world premiere of Sean axis / Minister for Housing and first in Dublin / 684 new private McLoughlin’s play, ‘Noah and the Urban Renewal, Noel Ahern homes completed in Ballymun Towerflower’, and is nominated T.D. and Lord Mayor Vincent / 1,064 new homes completed for the Best New Play at the Jackson join BRL, Dublin City under the BRL Housing Irish Times Theatre Awards / Council and Ballymun residents Programme Ballymun wins two Tidy Towns in the 1,000th home celebration Awards, taking first place in / Railway Procurement Agency the ‘Notice Nature Biodiversity officially announce Metro Awards’ and the ‘Anti-gum Litter for Ballymun / The Horizons Awards’ / Temporary Ballymun Plaza opens / axis launches ‘SPARK’, a major three-year arts in education programme, which aims to engage with over 500 children annually / Connolly Tower demolished / Ballymun house prices exceed national growth rate / €1,000,000 from Pobal and Future 2007 2008 Development

RAPID for community CCTV Clarke Tower demolished / project, which engages with IKEA opening brings 500 scheme / Well-known acts DCU in the Community opens in over 120 young people /North new jobs to Ballymun / axis such as Tommy Tiernan, Des Shangan Neighbourhood Centre Poppintree Community Centre stages all three plays of Dermot Bolger’s Ballymun Bishop, Jason Byrne and Ardal / Ballymun Farmer’s Market now opens / Preliminary design of Trilogy / Ballymun United O’Hanlon headline at the ‘House fortnightly on Ballymun Plaza / Rediscovery Centre launched Football Club’s new facilities of Fun’ Comedy Club in axis / ‘Art in the Life World’ Conference / New Poppintree Forum open / axis launches a Planning permission granted and Exhibition, featuring local, Office opens / Cluid Housing storytelling project that for IKEA / Communications national and international Association’s Sheltered Housing supports older people in their and Allocations teams artists, held / Comptroller opens / Installation of Kevin homes / Aisling Project’s new crèche and after-school begin monthly outreach in and Auditor General’s Report Atherton’s multi-media and facility opens in Balcurris neighbourhood centres / published / IKEA starts stainless steel sculpture in / Final phase of housing axis’ production of Dermot construction / Garda Station Balcurris Park / BRL Energy starts, incorporating further Bolger’s play, ‘The Townlands completed / BRL hosts ‘Greener and Environmental Review upgrade in building /energy of Brazil’ tours to the National Ballymun’ Environmental published / Early Education specification in keeping with Theatre of Poland, Wroclaw Conference / Rediscover Centre opens in Poppintree BRL’s policy of continuous development towards more / Meakstown Horse Project Fashion collection launched / Community Centre / Community sustainable housing / Safer opens / axis hosts a major Completion Report launched / Sustainability Strategy launched Ballymun Community Alcohol retrospective exhibition of Shangan Forum Office opens / Ballymun Neighbourhood Strategy launched / BRL the work of artist Robert / M50 Lands Masterplan Council (BNC) Strategy launched announces possible axis Ballagh / Work commences launched / Social Welfare Office / St Michael’s House opens / extension, contemporary art gallery and artist’s studios / on Ballymun United Football completed / St Joseph’s School Ballymun Biodiversity Action Ballymun Residential Project Club’s new facilities / Artist Music Room opens / axis’ ‘Hip- Plan launched / Whiteacre Park for Boys opens / Ballymun Seamus Nolan transforms Nós’ tours to the Barrow Street opens / 346 Ballymun students Residential Project for the 15th floor of Clarke Tower Theatre in New York / Sillogue graduate from the National Girls opens / Slí na Slainte into ‘Hotel Ballymun’ and is Neighbourhood Centre opens College of Ireland / John Byrne’s developed for Ballymun / fully booked out for its month / Innovative, environmental equestrian bronze sculpture Construction on Metro starts / Rediscovery Centre opens long opening / Shangan and sustainable housing is installed on Main Street / in M50 Lands / First science Neighbourhood Centre opens projects launched as part of Review of Formal Education and technology business / BRL presents at the National Phase 4 housing / Sillogue/ Sector completed / Eleven flat developed / The first DCU Safety Symposium (UK) as Sandyhill Forum Office opens blocks demolished / 1,642 new in the Community students an example of industry best / axis presents a major digital homes completed under the BRL graduate / Boilerhouse practice / Railway Procurement media project which engages Housing Programme decommissioned / 2,271 new homes completed under the Agency announces that the with over 120 young people in BRL Housing Programme Metro will run underground Ballymun schools and youth / Plunkett Tower, the last through Ballymun / ‘THEN’, groups / Phase 4 housing starts Ballymun tower, demolished / a multi-part participative on site / BRL Environmental Last family moves out of the artwork installed in various Management System for local flats / Demolition completed locations across Dublin by the businesses launched / axis / Balcurris/Balbutcher Forum Office opens / Ballymun East acclaimed British artist Adam presents ‘InVent’, a rap/spoken Community Centre opens / Chodzko, is launched in the word and suicide prevention Poppintree Park completed Hugh Lane Gallery / One flat / 3,350 private homes block demolished / 887 new completed in Ballymun / private homes completed in Town Centre, Ballymun’s new Ballymun / 1,305 new homes shopping centre, developed / First Metro through Ballymun completed under the BRL Housing Programme / Tenure Diversity Report approved by the BRL Board / 157 children complete CAFTA’s Children’s Regeneration Programme / 800 residents complete CAFTA’s Housing Transition Programme / Coultry Green opens / Aunt Sally Nursery opens in Shangan Neighbourhood Centre / Naíonra Glór na nGael Playgroup opens in Coultry Neighbourhood Centre

Throughout 2008, Ballymun Regeneration Limited, a Dublin City Council initiative, will mark the 10th Anniversary of its multifaceted Masterplan for the regeneration of Ballymun.

The Ballymun Timeline Exhibition reflects on many milestones as possible in the transformation the many achievements of the past decade, and of Ballymun. Given the duration and scale of also looks to the future and the remaining steps the project however, it is acknowledged that towards completion. this timeline is not a definitive representation; At the heart of the 1998 Masterplan is a it illustrates part of the story of Ballymun’s commitment to improving the quality of people’s continuing transformation. lives in economic, environmental and social terms. When it comes to the regeneration project Six of the seven tower blocks in Ballymun have every resident in Ballymun has their own story to already been demolished, with more than 1,200 tell and many have contributed to the realisation families re-housed. This year will see the demolition of the project, and the Ballymun Timeline stands as of a further six blocks and the movement of the a testament to all these people’s endeavours. As project into its final phases. the old blocks disappear from the landscape, the Successful strategies have been put in place buildings replacing them represent the dedication to nurture job creation and to provide educational of many individuals and groups across a range opportunities and training. Environmental of sectors. All have made their mark on the new initiatives and resource conservation have been Ballymun. fostered, new commercial enterprises have been The last ten years have not brought joy to all, established and community facilities such as and in the course of regeneration there have been neighbourhood centres, parks and sports and many challenges and setbacks. Some people are leisure facilities have also been developed. still awaiting their new homes, and the picture is The much lauded and innovative Per Cent not yet complete; however as we mark this pivotal for Art Scheme has been implemented through moment in the realisation of the Masterplan, we are Breaking Ground, while the axis Centre, to national confident that the future is bright. and international acclaim, has not only engaged In creating the timeline a number of words local people artistically and developmentally, but were chosen to be highlighted as representing established Ballymun as a destination for new the essence of the Masterplan’s aspirations. audiences coming into the area. This concept of These words: safety, connectivity, destination, ‘Destination Ballymun’ is further exemplified by the participation, creativity, home, inclusion, quality, forthcoming opening of the IKEA Store. prosperity and ecology remain a benchmark for the In creating this exhibition, Ballymun completion of the new Ballymun. Regeneration has endeavoured to recognise as