Citywest

Citywest Iarthair na Cathrach
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Citywest Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°17′16″N 6°25′51″W / 53.28772°N 6.43079°W / 53.28772; -6.43079Coordinates: 53°17′16″N 6°25′51″W / 53.28772°N 6.43079°W / 53.28772; -6.43079
Country	Ireland
Province	Leinster
County	South Dublin
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	O047275

Citywest (Irish: Iarthar na Cathrach) is a business park and golf resort in the Saggart area,^[1] just north and northwest of Saggart village^[2] in South Dublin. The nearest major town is Tallaght. The business park has developed a modest residential population in recent years. The River Camac passes north of the business park, and two of its tributaries pass through it.

History

Originally a greenfield site north of Saggart village, west of Tallaght, and largely south of the Naas dual carriageway (now the M7 / N7), the combined Citywest concepts were launched by Irish construction firm Davy Holdings, who began building of the business park in the early 1990s, and Jim Mansfield, who drove the hotel and leisure aspects.

A substantial golf course, for a time Citywest and Hibernian Golf Club, now just Citywest Golf Resort, was laid-out. The large Citywest Hotel, with over 1,700 rooms,^[1] was built adjacent to this. The hotel, golf resort and related developments were placed in receivership in mid-2010.^[3]

Following the opening of the original business park the N82 National road joining the N81 to the Naas dual carriageway was re-routed through the campus. It previously passed through the village of Saggart itself.

Several major businesses moved to the business park, notably eircom, mobile operator Meteor, and Independent News and Media, and branch offices of Xilinx, Unilever, Pfizer, SAP and Roche.

A small but increasing residential population developed in the late 2000s and in 2007 a small shopping centre called Citywest SC was opened south of the business park, the first retail facility in the area.

Transport

Three Dublin Bus routes (numbers 50, 65B & 69) serve the business park, as well as feeder services to Tallaght, and a private commuter bus operated by the business park management.

Luas halt

Citywest is currently the third last stop on the Luas red line (on the 4.5km Saggart spur which opened on the 1st of July 2011)

Citywest Campus

Preceding station	Luas			Following station
Cheeverstown		Red Line		Fortunestown

Amenities

• Golf resort: there are two 18-hole courses, designed by Christy O'Connor, Junior, one with woodland and water, one lakeland; the resort hosted the Irish Masters in 1994 and the Irish Ladies Masters in 1996.
• Shopping centre, anchored by Dunnes Stores
• Service / petrol station
• Restaurants
• 4,000 seater Convention Centre (host of Dublin leg of Top Gear Live 2010)

Education

The business park hosts a Dublin City University branch facility, the Ryan Academy (previously part of a larger concept, the Eeolas Institute, which closed after major losses).

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References and notes

1. ^ ^{a b} Hnadcock, Ciarán (2010-07-10). "Mansfield will accept appointment of receiver to Citywest complex". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/finance/2010/0710/1224274418707.html. Retrieved 2011-05-11. 
2. ^ See Citywest Hotel official site - Location page - address and map
3. ^ Hancock, Ciarán (2010-07-07). "Mansfield's Citywest Hotel placed into receivership as going concern". The Irish Times. http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2010/0707/1224274192436.html. Retrieved 2011-05-15. 

External links

• Official site of the business park