It was approved by planners and will cost a staggering €40m, which is believed to be coming from a backer in the United Arab Emirates.
Clongriffin is a new town on the northern fringe of Dublin city.
It was slated for widescale development at the end of the Celtic Tiger era and while many homes and apartments were built in the area, there are large stretches of wasteland and some ghost estates.
[A COMMENT] Sharia law, Muslim patrols, misogyny, burqas, homophobia, this is the 'vibrancy' we should look forward to.Seriously the liberal idiots in Dublin city council should take a look at Tower Hamlets in London and see how well 'integration' is going there. Islam is simply not compatible with Western culture. [independent.ie] Read more