East Point Office Park ( ga, Gnó na Rinne Thoir) in the docklands area of

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is one of the country's largest

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s, being the place of employment for thousands of people. It is situated in the

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area on reclaimed land. There are over 50 companies in the park with 6,000 employees.

History

The park is situated on land reclaimed from

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and the

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estuary. The first phase of the park was opened for business around 1996. The site where EastPoint is located was intended to be a location for a new City Airport in Dublin, similar to

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. When this plan ultimately proved impractical, the site was acquired by Earlsfort Centre Developments. Earlsfort engaged Scott Tallon Walker to design the Park and the buildings and the landscaping was designed by Charles Funke. It became necessary, because of the route of the

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, to construct a new bridge and causeway from Alfie Byrne Road to access the Park. The success of the initial phase of EastPoint led to Earlsfort and Dublin Port Company entering a joint venture to develop a further phase. This brought the size of the Park to Circa with Circa 140,000 square meters (1.5 m square feet) of mainly offices in 37 buildings. This also provided a further entrance to the Park from Bond Road thus enhancing access from the South City.

Major companies

Major companies based in East Point Office Park include among others

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, Oracle,

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, CITRIX Systems, QuintilesIms, Ergo, FINEOS and

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leased one of the buildings within the park to serve as its new head office, in a move aimed at merging its four Dublin offices together at one central location, from the end of 2007.

Location and transport

EastPoint is Dublin's only central office park, located less than 2 kilometres from the

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(IFSC), the purpose-built

Convention Centre Dublin The Convention Centre Dublin () is a convention centre in the Dublin Docklands, Ireland. The Convention centre overlooks the River Liffey at Spencer Dock. It was designed by the Irish-born American architect Kevin Roche. Construction started i ...

overlooking the

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, and other landmarks such as the 3Arena (formerly known as The O2) venue at the Point Village. The park is not served directly by any public transport. To alleviate this, a shuttle bus fleet provide free-of-charge service to

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during railway operating hours; and to near the Point Village stop on the Luas red line during peak hours.

References

External links

Official site
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