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O'Devaney Gardens Regeneration is a major public housing-led urban renewal project in Dublin 7, on a 6.5-hectare site formerly occupied by a 1950s social housing estate. Developed by Bartra Capital Property Group in partnership with Dublin City Council, the project is one of Ireland's most significant examples of public-private partnership in social and affordable housing delivery.
The regeneration plan provides for approximately 1,047 new homes, comprising a mix of social housing (30 per cent), affordable purchase, affordable rental (cost rental), and open market units. The development also includes community facilities, a new park, childcare facilities, and commercial spaces, designed to create a genuinely mixed-income, mixed-tenure neighbourhood integrated with the surrounding Stoneybatter and Arbour Hill communities.
The project has been a focal point of public debate around housing policy in Ireland, particularly regarding the appropriate balance between social, affordable, and market housing in publicly owned land development. Construction is phased over several years, with early phases prioritising social and affordable units. O'Devaney Gardens represents a critical test case for Ireland's capacity to deliver large-scale, tenure-diverse urban regeneration on state-owned land in Dublin's inner city.