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HM Prison Maze (previously Long Kesh Detention Centre, and known colloquially as the Maze or H-Blocks) was a prison in Northern Ireland that was used to house paramilitary prisoners during the Troubles from August 1971 to September 2000.
Dundrum Town Centre is a shopping centre located in Dundrum, Dublin, Ireland.It is one of Ireland's two largest [1] shopping centres with over 131 shops, 47 restaurants, 3 amusement facilities and a cinema, retail floor space of 111,484 m 2 (1,200,000 sq ft) [1] and almost 140,000 m 2 (1,500,000 sq ft) total floor space, [2] and over 3,000 car parking spaces. [3]
The Maze Prison escape (known to Irish republicans as the Great Escape) took place on 25 September 1983 in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. HM Prison Maze (also known as Long Kesh) was a maximum security prison considered to be one of the most escape-proof prisons in Europe.
In Ireland, the retail sector provides one of the largest sources of employment in the economy, representing over 12% of the workforce. [1] As of 2017, approximately 40,000 wholesale and retail businesses employed almost 280,000 people in Ireland, [2] [1] with the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment reporting that 90% of these businesses were Irish-owned.
Omni Park is a large shopping centre and retail park in the Republic of Ireland. Located in Santry, in the north of Dublin close to the M50 motorway. It comprises over 28,600 square metres (308,000 sq ft) of retail space in 86 retail units [1] over 2 floors of an indoor shopping mall and also several outlets externally. Units range from 49 ...
Fitzwilton House was a brutalist concrete and steel office block in Dublin, Ireland completed in 1969 and demolished in October 2018. [2] [3] [4] [5]The block was developed by Basil Goulding and for many years housed the Embassy of Australia, Dublin as well as a number of businesses run or owned by Goulding.
Athlone Towncentre is a shopping centre located in Athlone, County Westmeath.It opened in November 2007. [2] The shopping centre is the largest shopping centre in the Irish midlands [3] with over 13,000 square metres of retail space, over 60 stores, consisting of many big retail brands, such as, ZARA, TK Maxx, Marks and Spencer, River Island, Starbucks, Tommy Hilfiger, JD Sports, Topshop, Next ...
The General Post Office (GPO; Irish: Ard-Oifig an Phoist) is the former headquarters of An Post — the Irish Post Office. It remains its registered office and the principal post office of Dublin [1] — the capital city of Ireland — and is situated in the centre of O'Connell Street, the city's main thoroughfare.