A view of an imagined future for Athlone, as depicted by RTÉ programme Futureville recently.
Published:
Sun 22 Jun 2025, 12:14 PM
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Sun 22 Jun 2025, 12:28 PM
As a solution to Ireland’s future population growth Ballymore Group and its founder Sean Mulryan have developed a masterplan for a new green sustainable city in Athlone to cater for a population of 100,000 by 2040.
Mr Mulryan has shared his vision for the Athlone of 2040, a sustainably planned, 15-minute city with a wide range of stakeholders, including government ministers and opposition spokespeople, and with senior stakeholders across the Irish education sector, industry, state agencies and local authorities.
The plan proposes a transformation of Athlone as a blueprint for sustainable urbanisation, one that could be replicated to provide regionally balanced growth while enabling Ireland’s green transition.
Athlone was identified as the ideal pilot as it has all the fundamental building blocks in place including the university, a town centre with room to expand and enable green transport and the natural resources to allow 90% of i …
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