The Square Tallaght

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The Square Tallaght
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View of The Square in 2018
The Square Tallaght
Location Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland
Coordinates 53°17′13″N6°22′18″W / 53.28694°N 6.37167°W / 53.28694; -6.37167
AddressThe Square Towncentre
Tallaght
Dublin 24
Opening date23 October 1990
No. of stores and services163
No. of floors3 (main levels)
Website http://www.thesquare.ie/

The Square Tallaght is a shopping centre located in Tallaght, Dublin, Ireland, opened in 1990. It is located 10 minutes from junction 11 of the M50 motorway on the Belgard Road (the R113) and the N81.

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The centre comprises 53,000 m2 of retail space, spread across three levels, and as of 2016 has up to 163 stores. It has an annual footfall of 21.7 million.[ citation needed ]

There are over 2500 car parking spaces. The anchor tenants are Dunnes Stores, Penneys and Tesco. When The Square opened it was the largest shopping centre in Ireland.[ citation needed ]

History

The centre was opened on 23 October 1990, in the presence of 45,000 people, by then Taoiseach Charles Haughey, having been built at a cost of £85 million. Others who were in attendance included Gay Byrne, who hosted his radio show from the "Crows Nest" in the shopping centre, as well as Mary Harney, Pat Rabbitte, the then Director-General of RTÉ Vincent Finn and the Fine Gael leader at the time Alan Dukes. [1]

It was the first of four large shopping complexes built in the suburban centres surrounding Dublin from the late 1980s onwards and was for a while the largest shopping centre in Ireland. [1] The others are Blanchardstown Shopping Centre, Liffey Valley Shopping Centre and Dundrum Town Centre.

The opening of the centre would be the first of many new developments in the area over the coming years. Technological University Dublin, the National Basketball Arena (The Arena), the Civic Theatre and Tallaght University Hospital all opened within a few years of the shopping centre.

The centre celebrated its 25th anniversary on 23 October 2015. The centre was later granted permission by An Bord Pleanála for a major redevelopment to the centre. The proposed project would add about 200,000 square feet of retail space. [2]

On 23 October 2020, it was announced that the planned expansion of The Square had been postponed, with management Sigma Retail Partners blaming the COVID-19 pandemic. [3] [4]

Facilities

The Square is not only a commercial but also a civic centre, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners have an office there as does the Department of Social Protection, the Health Service Executive (HSE) the Eastern Region and FÁS share a building on the car park of level one. In addition, both the headquarters of South Dublin County Council and the Tallaght branch of South Dublin Libraries are adjacent to the site. A Civic Theatre is located close to The Square Town centre, which hosts theatre, music, dance, opera and comedy. The Tallaght University Hospital is also located nearby.

It has 3 floors, surface and multi-storey car parks, with the scenic lifts in the centre locally notorious for breakdowns and due to a woman suing the centre, [5] the lifts have been replaced over 3 times.

Public transport

The centre is served by the Luas Red Line, and the nearest stop for the shopping centre is the terminus at Tallaght. [6]

The Square Shopping Centre is also served by various bus routes, such as the 27, 49, 54a, 56a, 65, and 77a, which are operated by Dublin Bus and link The Square to the city centre. Meanwhile, Go-Ahead Ireland provide orbital routes, such as the S6, S8, W2, W4, and W62, that link The Square to other local areas, such as Dundrum, UCD, Blackrock, Sandyford, Dún Laoghaire, Clondalkin, Lucan, Blanchardstown, Citywest, and Newcastle. [6]

LUAS Red Line terminus near The Square IMG 0557w.jpg
LUAS Red Line terminus near The Square

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