{"id":21836,"date":"2025-08-25T09:06:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21836\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T09:06:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T09:06:08","slug":"plans-for-derelict-wexford-town-building-to-be-turned-into-amusement-and-entertainment-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/21836\/","title":{"rendered":"Plans for derelict Wexford town building to be turned into \u2018amusement and entertainment centre\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The property at 98 North Main Street which is currently the subject of a planning application.<\/p>\n

A building on Wexford’s Main Street which had in recent times been listed on the local authority\u2019s derelict sites register is now the subject of an interesting planning application.<\/p>\n

The property at 98 North Main Street, next door to Ray’s Diner, had recently been tidied up by Wexford County Council ahead of the town\u2019s hosting of the Fleadh, with images of traditional musicians on Wexford\u2019s quayfront. It most recently hosted the works of renowned artist Michael Mulcahy.<\/p>\n

Now the disused building is the subject of a planning application by Cork based company Coalquay Leisure Ltd, who are seeking to change the use of the building from a retail unit to \u201can amusement and entertainment centre with associated works\u201d.<\/p>\n

The company behind the proposed development had already entered into consultations with the Department of Housing & Local Government, the Disability Access Officer, Uisce \u00c9ireann, the Roads Department and the Heritage Council prior to lodging the application.<\/p>\n

What exactly the entertainment centre will consist of is unclear from the planning application, however, the plans and elevations contained within the documents show a large section of the ground floor laid out into an \u201carcade”. Whether this will consist of video games or a casino-type setup is not stated.<\/p>\n

While the latter is sure to divide opinion somewhat, there\u2019s no doubt that many will be keen to see the building back in use rather than falling to rack and ruin.<\/p>\n

The application is currently with Wexford County Council\u2019s planning section and a decision is expected by August 31.<\/p>\n

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The property at 98 North Main Street which is currently the subject of a planning application.<\/p>\n

Coalquay Leisure have been busy lodging planning applications around the country of late. In Nenagh, Co Tipperary, the company had a similar application for a gaming hall approved by the local authority last week, despite numerous objections and fears that \u201cwomen and children will suffer\u201d if it is allowed to go ahead.<\/p>\n

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The property at 98 North Main Street which is currently the subject of a planning application.<\/p>\n

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The objectors stated that the last thing Nenagh needed was a gambling hall to add to a string of betting offices in the area.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, back in June, Coalquay Leisure had an application to turn vacant retail unit in Tralee into a \u201ccasino-style premises\u201d with roulette and slot machines. Kerry County Council subsequently rejected the application, stating it would have a \u201cnegative impact\u201d and that there was already an \u201coversupply\u201d of such services in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The property at 98 North Main Street which is currently the subject of a planning application. A building…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21837,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[75],"tags":[18,117,19,17,7583],"class_list":{"0":"post-21836","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-entertainment","8":"tag-eire","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-ie","11":"tag-ireland","12":"tag-padraig-byrne"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21836","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21836\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}