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| Location | Tallaght,Dublin,Ireland |
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| Coordinates | 53°17′13″N6°22′18″W / 53.28694°N 6.37167°W /53.28694; -6.37167 |
| Address | The Square Towncentre Tallaght Dublin 24 |
| Opening date | 23 October 1990 |
| Stores and services | 163 |
| Floors | 3(main levels) |
| Website | http://www.thesquare.ie/ |
The Square Tallaght is ashopping centre located inTallaght,Dublin,Ireland, opened in 1990. It is located 10 minutes from junction 11 of theM50 motorway on the Belgard Road (theR113 road) and theN81 road.
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 inIreland.[citation needed]
The centre was opened on 23 October 1990, in the presence of 45,000 people, by thenTaoiseachCharles Haughey, having been built at a cost of £85 million. Others who were in attendance includedGay Byrne, who hosted his radio show from the "Crows Nest" in the shopping centre, as well asMary Harney,Pat Rabbitte, the thenDirector-General of RTÉ Vincent Finn and theFine Gael leader at the timeAlan Dukes.[1]
It was the first of four large shopping complexes built in the suburban centres surroundingDublin from the late 1980s onwards and was for a while the largest shopping centre in Ireland.[1] The others areBlanchardstown Shopping Centre,Liffey Valley Shopping Centre andDundrum 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, theNational Basketball Arena (The Arena), the Civic Theatre andTallaght 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 byAn 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 theCOVID-19 pandemic.[3][4]
The Square is not only a commercial but also a civic centre, the Office of theRevenue Commissioners had an office there as does theDepartment of Social Protection, theHealth Service Executive (HSE) the Eastern Region andFÁS share a building on the car park of level one. In addition, both the headquarters ofSouth Dublin County Council and the Tallaght branch of South Dublin Libraries are adjacent to the site. The Civic Theatre is located close to The Square Town centre, which hosts theatre, music, dance, opera and comedy. TheTallaght University Hospital is located 250m from the Square.
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.
The centre is served by theLuasRed Line, and the nearest stop for the shopping centre is the terminus atTallaght.[6]
The Square Shopping Centre is also served by various bus routes, such as the 27, 56a, 65, 65a, 77a, 82, and F1 which are operated byDublin Bus and link The Square to the city centre. Meanwhile,Go-Ahead Ireland provide orbital routes, such as the S6, S8, W2, W4, and W6, that link The Square to other local areas, such asDundrum,UCD,Blackrock,Sandyford,Dún Laoghaire,Clondalkin,Lucan,Blanchardstown,Citywest,Newcastle and Maynooth[6]
