Residents say it is more important to build homes rather than high-end apartments

A development of seven apartment blocks on Griffith Avenue in Dublin would be too tall and could endanger schoolchildren’s safety, a council meeting has heard.

Cairn Homes has submitted an application to the planning board for the development of 377 apartments and eight homes on a three-hectare Marino site. The apartment blocks would range from four to eight storeys , with the tallest at 26 metres. The cost of the properties is expected to range from €360,000 to €500,000.

The Dublin city council north central area committee meeting heard claims that the development would cast a shadow over nearby schools and create traffic bottlenecks.

Naoise Ó Muirí, a Fine Gael councillor, said: “I am not happy to just throw out our height limits. This is