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Dublin City Council is upgrading the city's lights, re-creating 'heritage luminaires' from old moulds

The city is also exploring ‘smart city’ applications for lighting in the capital.

DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL is planning to re-haul public lighting around the city, replacing some 120 standard lamp posts with ‘heritage luminaires’, rolling out smart cities applications, and some ‘complementary projects’. 

Heritage luminaires are the “ornate columns with the scrolled brackets” seen around College Green, Merrion Square, Gardiner Street and along sections of the quays, said a council spokesperson. 

These are the are the seahorses, tendrils, shamrocks and crests decorating the city’s lamps and lamp posts. They’re spread throughout the capital, but mostly along the canals.  

The aim of the project is to “maintain and enhance” the character of heritage areas by bringing “uniformity and consistency” to the lighting infrastructure in the public realm. 

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The council will be using patterns and moulds of some of the more common heritage structures, to allow them to “replicate the existing ornate lighting columns and brackets.”

Different designs belong to different areas, and are named after them or their creator, like the ‘Balintine’ — the most popular — named after its company.

Another popular type is the ‘Cuffe Street’ column, named – you guessed it – after the street it was first installed on. 

The replica structures will mostly be added where originals already exist, mixed in with standard lamps, to amplify the heritage character of these areas. 

This part of the upgrade is expected to take about a year to complete, according to the council. 

Smart lighting

The council is also planning to replace up to 40,000 luminaires with energy efficient LED lighting, and a “significant amount” of public lighting legacy cables. 

On top of that, Dublin could be seeing the roll-out of a central management system to manage street lights remotely, and to facilitate smart cities applications within the capital. 

Right now, most of the city’s street lights aren’t remotely monitored. 

The authority is also considering “complementary projects” like “village centre lighting renewal schemes”, to improve lighting in urban villages, bridge lighting – including feature lighting – Christmas lighting, and building lighting. 

The overall project cost is about €50-€80m, as per expression of interest, though the project is only at tendering stage right now. 

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    Mute Danny Gallagher
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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:35 AM

    She should have started her tweet with “I went to the Doctor and guess what he told me”!

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    Mute Anton Friendo
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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:06 AM

    My sister in law recently had the operation, but, she didnt feel the need to tell the whole world about it.

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    Mute Martin Gallagher
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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:12 AM

    Good on ye Danny, best comment here by far and credit to Sinead for bringing ‘light into the dark’ for a procedure that affects the lives of many women, I think?

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:15 AM

    this should get comment of the week before the day is out!

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:10 AM

    Is there anything she won’t do for attention ?

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:42 AM

    Yes, she won’t get a bigger chest tattoo and fight in the UFC

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:59 AM

    As I read some of the cruel comments, we can sell as many green ribbons as we like in this country & have as many logos as we like on sports shirts, but when it comes to those who have struggled with mental health issues social stigma and discrimination is alive and well in Ireland..

    Wishing Sinéad a speedy recovery. And other women that have gone through this procedure.

    Amazing voice and great singer ~

    Sinead O’Connor & the Chieftains- The Foggy Dew ~www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ

    This is a Rebel Song ~ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbre5Fs9m8I

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:02 AM

    Sinead O’Connor & the Chieftains- The Foggy Dew ~
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13MQFCfCYdQ

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:04 AM

    She is sending out a signal to all women over 40 to take control of their bodies…even if their husbands won’t go through with the snip.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:14 AM

    Well said Richard.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:18 AM

    That’s an Irish thing as well. With some exceptions and people like W B Yeats some think it will affect their virility ! For a woman it’s a more complicated operation but does not need the removal of the womb. English men are more in tune with that. But according to my GP the times are changing. Will see !

    http://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/vasectomy/basics/definition/prc-20020628

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    Mute Ron North
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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:42 AM

    I think you don’t fully understand what a hysterectomy is Chris or the magnitude of depth of the pit of shit that will have led Sinead and others to have the surgery.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 12:01 PM
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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:11 AM

    Seriously how does this count as being newsworthy

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:12 AM

    who gives a ****????

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:17 AM

    She is a very private person who does not welcome public intrusion into her life.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:08 AM

    Love her or hate her, she’s honest entertainment who really doesn’t a feck.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:22 AM

    Narcissistic personality disorder.
    - ‘ a mental disorder in which people have an inflated sense of their own importance, a deep need for admiration and a lack of empathy for others. But behind this mask of ultra confidence lies a fragile self-esteem that’s vulnerable to the slightest criticism.’

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:14 AM

    I love her, think she’s a laugh. Well done Sinead.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:08 AM

    That article was as short as Sineads hair.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:41 AM

    Uh-oh, someone’s going to be getting an open letter!

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:55 AM

    does anyone really care anymore, she seems to do things for the shock value these days

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:28 AM

    Who’s Sinead O Connor ?

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    Aug 29th 2015, 9:58 PM

    That mad yoke lol.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:04 AM

    She says it as she sees it. She’s honest upfront and entertaining. Embrace peoples eccentricity.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:46 AM

    No, she’s a bore and an embarrassment.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:54 AM

    She is a complete notice box. Anything for media attention. She thinks we are all fascinated by the details of her hysterectomy.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:21 AM

    My,god that woman sickens me to my stomach. Who cares if she has a hysterectomy. its not news.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 12:15 PM

    Really wish the media would stop giving her print space – she might actually have some chance of getting better if articles like this weren’t enabling her

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:16 AM

    Does anyone actually care

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:17 AM

    Would Bob Geldof tell us publicy if he was having a hysterectomy?

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:31 AM

    Is Bob geldof a woman?

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    Aug 29th 2015, 12:03 PM

    Who knows these days?

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:12 AM

    No, there is nothing she won’t tell us…God almighty…sad, very sad. So very very needy. A rest cure in order. Far away. Offline. Im trying not to laugh, honestly. Tragicomic…

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:24 AM

    That tattoo.

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    Aug 30th 2015, 8:52 AM

    It’s brutal !

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:49 AM

    was there really a need for this? honestly she went thru major surgery, there was absolutely no need

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    Aug 29th 2015, 10:45 AM

    I love her. She’s magnificent

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    Aug 29th 2015, 5:16 PM

    The cradle may be gone but the playpen is still there

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    Aug 29th 2015, 11:00 AM

    Of course she did !!!!

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    Aug 30th 2015, 3:26 AM

    Whatever people think of her she has just been through a serious operation. Do those who find her so objectionable only read articles about her so they can contribute to an onslaught of negativity and hate in the comments section?

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    Aug 29th 2015, 5:15 PM

    She still has the box that it came in.

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    Aug 29th 2015, 9:57 PM

    Any pictures lol.

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    Aug 30th 2015, 1:16 AM

    I am just surprised she didn’t want to cook it?

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