For more information contact: Richard Boyd Barrett, Chairperson at 087-6329511 Nicola Sarratt, Secretary, at 087-4115015		Save Our Seafront Richard Boyd Barrett is Chairperson and founding member of Save Our Seafront(SOS). SOS is an alliance of local residents and community activists from the greater Dun Laoghaire area set up to campaign against privatisation and high-rise development on the public seafront. SOS wish to see the seafront in the greater Dun Laoghaire area and around Dublin Bay protected and enhanced as public and natural amenity that is accessible to all. SOS (formerly the Dun Laoghaire Heritiage and Renewal Campaign) was established about six years ago. Its founding members included, Richard Boyd Barrett, the late John De Courcy Ireland and the late Cllr Vincent McDowell. SOS led the campaign against a number of council inspired plans for privatised and high-rise exclusive development on the Baths site. Since it was established, the group has campaigned consistently for Dun Laoghaire Baths to be restored as a fully public swimming amenity, organising dozens of small and large protests, meetings and petition campaigns. In 2005, SOS campaigned successfully against plans for an eight-storey apartment block and shopping centre on the Baths site by mobilising the three largest demonstrations in Dun Laoghaire's history, including one protest of over 5000 people and a petition of over 14,000 signatures. Following the SOS protests, Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Co Council has now agreed to restore the Baths as a public swimming amenity, although SOS continues to campaign for this promise to be delivered upon. SOS is also campaigning against any current or future plans for privatised high-rise or exclusive development on sites such as the Carlisle Pier, Dun Laoghaire Harbour, Blackrock Baths, Sandycove, Bulloch Harbour, Killiney Beach. SOS wish to see all these sites maintained and developed as purely public amenities.   SOS want to see: Carlisle Pier developed as a National Maritime and Climate Change Institute with a Museum, Planetarium and other civic amenities; Blackrock Baths restored as a sports swimming amenity, Killiney beach tearooms restored as a beach amenity with showers, toilets, changing rooms and a modest café or restaurant. Download April 2007 newsletter as PDF Download "Make the Seafront an election issue" April 30th meeting poster (as PDF)