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Citywest ( ga, Iarthar na Cathrach) is a suburban development on the southwestern periphery of
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, originally developed as a "business campus." It contains a large hotel, with a convention centre, a small shopping centre and a small but expanding residential element. Citywest is situated in the southwest of the traditional
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, in the jurisdiction of
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; the nearest major suburban centre is
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, while the semi-suburban village of
Saggart Saggart ( ga, Teach Sagard) is a village in South Dublin, Ireland, south west of Dublin city. It lies between the N7 (Naas Road), Rathcoole, Citywest and Tallaght. It is one of the fastest-growing settlements in Ireland, showing a populat ...
is adjacent.


History

Citywest was launched as a project by Davy Hickey Properties, comprising developer Brendan Hickey and clients of
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around 1990, working with entrepreneur and landowner
Jim Mansfield James Mansfield, Sr. (9 April 1939 – 29 January 2014) was an Irish property developer and millionaire with a property portfolio that included the Citywest Hotel and Golf Resort, several developments local to the Saggart, Citywest and Tallagh ...
. The promoters secured land in the rural Kingswood and Brownsbarn areas near the N7 national road and targeted a mixed development, initially comprising a business park and a hotel and golf course complex, which eventually included some on-course accommodation. The concept was later extended, working with Harcourt Developments and Mansfield's HSS venture. Harcourt and HSS provided 55% of the 150 million euro funding for the Luas light line extension to pass through the site. As of 2011, Davy Hickey Properties had secured permission for 150 residential units, along with two shops and more offices, and while HSS had gone into receivership, development of the site continued. Major companies based at Citywest have included
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(the main printing plant is visible from the N7), and
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, who moved their headquarters to the campus. After the hotel and conference centre complex went into receivership they were subject to various negotiations before being acquired by Tetrarch Capital in 2017. The two golf courses were modified a number of times, but by 2017 were described in a report of Ireland's Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as disused.


Geography

The
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flows north of the business campus, and two of its tributaries pass through it.


Access and transport

Following the opening of the original business park, the N82
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joining the N81 to the
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was re-routed through the site, having previously passed through the village of Saggart.
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routes 65b, 69, 69x, 77a, 77x, and the 175 by
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, as well as feeder services to Tallaght, and a private commuter bus operated by the business campus management, serve the campus.


Luas

The Luas Line ''A1 Citywest extension'', from Belgard to
Saggart Saggart ( ga, Teach Sagard) is a village in South Dublin, Ireland, south west of Dublin city. It lies between the N7 (Naas Road), Rathcoole, Citywest and Tallaght. It is one of the fastest-growing settlements in Ireland, showing a populat ...
, was officially opened at Citywest Drive on 2 July 2011 by the Minister for Transport Leo Varadkar. The following stops were constructed on the line -
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, Cheeverstown, Citywest Campus, Fortunestown (also serving Citywest Shopping Centre) and
Saggart Saggart ( ga, Teach Sagard) is a village in South Dublin, Ireland, south west of Dublin city. It lies between the N7 (Naas Road), Rathcoole, Citywest and Tallaght. It is one of the fastest-growing settlements in Ireland, showing a populat ...
(also serving the Citywest Hotel and its golf course and convention centre). Citywest Campus is the main stop for the business campus, but parts are also served by Cheeverstown and Fortunestown stops. A park-and-ride facility was constructed at the Cheeverstown stop.


Amenities

The Citywest Shopping Centre, anchored by Dunnes Stores, also has stores including a pharmacy, cafes, restaurants & clothing. There are also two
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service stations and shops open twenty-four hours near the northern edge of the campus.


Sport

A golf complex, previously the Citywest and Hibernian Golf Club, and now simply Citywest Golf Resort, was laid out; the Citywest Hotel, the largest in Ireland, with over 764 rooms, was built adjacent. A 4,000 seat convention centre was also constructed. The hotel, golf resort and related developments were placed in receivership in mid-2010 but remained open. There were two 18-hole courses in the golf resort - both designed by
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- and it hosted the Irish Masters in 1994 and the Irish Ladies Masters in 1996. Though described as disused in 2017, the resort hosted a golf club in 2019, the licence of which was terminated by notice in 2020, taking effect in March 2021. In October 2020 the owners described both courses as not being financially viable. The hotel has been used for self-isolation and quarantine, and the conference centre as a vaccination centre, during the Covid-19 pandemic.


Education

Citywest hosts a
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branch facility, the DCU Ryan Academy (previously part of a larger concept, the Eeolas Institute, which closed after major losses). Three National Schools, one under the patronage of
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and another under the patronage of the Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board, opened their doors in 2012-2014. As of 2014, ''Citywest Educate Together National School'' and ''Citywest & Saggart Community National School'', were established at a temporary location in a building next to the Saggart Red Line Luas stop (Heritage Village Citywest), and in 2014 Scoil Aoife Community National School opened on Citywest Drive.


Governance

Citywest lies within the jurisdiction of
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.


References and notes


External links


Official site of the Business Campus

Citywest Hotel

Citywest Shopping Centre Website
{{Authority control Saggart Business parks of Ireland