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Power City. Power City is an Irish electrical retailer of consumer and electronic goods owned by the Bray-based McKenna family, with branches in Blanchardstown, Coolock, Tallaght, Finglas, Fonthill, Sallynoggin, Drogheda, Bray, Naas, Carrickmines [4] and in the Airside Retail Park, Swords. [5] A former branch was located in the Airways ...
The Dublin Waste-to-Energy Facility, also known as the Poolbeg Incinerator, [1] is a waste-to-energy plant serving the Greater Dublin Area, located on the Poolbeg peninsula. The plant is capable of producing up to 60 megawatts of electricity, enough to power 80,000 homes, and provide district heating for up to 50,000 homes in the Dublin area. [ 2 ]
Since 2001, both baronies have been redesignated as the City of Dublin. Dublin Castle, with its 13th-century tower, was the fortified seat of British rule in Ireland until 1922. Dublin Castle, which became the centre of Anglo-Norman power in Ireland, was founded in 1204 as a major defensive work on the orders of King John of England. [40]
Poolbeg Generating Station (Irish: Cumhachtstáisiún an Phoill Bhig), colloquially known as The Poolbeg Stacks, is a power station owned and operated by the Electricity Supply Board of Ireland (ESB). There are two stations on the site, the older thermal station containing units 1, 2, and 3 and the combined cycle gas station containing units ...
As of December 2023, there are 6 structures over 80 m (260 ft) tall and 11 buildings over 50 m (164 ft) tall. Dublin's tallest structure is Poolbeg power station chimney 2 which is 207.8 m (682 ft) tall while Dublin's tallest building is Capital Dock which is 79 m (259 ft) tall.
The city of Dublin can trace its origin back more than 1,000 years, and for much of this time it has been Ireland's principal city and the cultural, educational and industrial centre of the island. Founding and early history Main articles: History of Dublin to 795 and Early Scandinavian Dublin The Dublin area c. 800 The earliest reference to Dublin is sometimes said to be found in the writings ...
In 2017 Dublin ranked 1st in Ireland by disposable income per person, at 110% of the State average. [1]In 2008, it was the city with the 2nd highest wages in the world, [2] dropping to 10th place in 2009, [3] and, according to a Brookings Institution report in 2012, had the 14th highest income per capita in the world at $55,578 (€42,960).
The latter, in County Clare, remains Ireland's only coal-burning plant and can produce 915 MW – just shy of the 1015 MW capacity of Poolbeg. In 2002 and 2003, new independent stations were constructed – Huntstown Power (north Dublin) and Dublin Bay Power (Ringsend, Dublin).