Coolock NIMBY Issue

  My Local Area's Contemporary "NIMBY" Issue:   Coolock's Asylum Seeker Protests.    Figure 1. Map of Present day Coolock. (Area of discourse is highlighted.) 2024 (GeoHive Map Viewer) Available at: https://webapps.geohive.ie/mapviewer/index.html Coolock is a relatively youthful, residential area in the North of Dublin situated primarily around the Malahide Road. According to Samuel Lewis's topographical dictionary from 1837, the area was home to just 914 people, with 190 of these people living in Coolock villages across only 26 houses! While the population was smaller and more compact, it highlights the residential nature of the community is something etched into its own history. Today, Coolock is also home to several protected structures. St. Johns church on Tonlegee road, which connects to the Malahide road which acts almost as a transportation hub for all Coolock surroundings. St. John's is protected due to obviously its religious significance as a place o...