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Dan Grennan

George's Dock swift rescue village 'not white water rafting by stealth'

A Dublin City Council official has denied new plans for the George's Dock site are the scrapped white water rafting centre "by stealth".

The controversial €25 million white water rafting project was scrapped after it proved to be very unpopular with the public and elected representatives. The government previously refused to hand over €19 million in funding for the project.

A presentation document to DCC's Central Area Committee, which was obtained by Dublin Live, outlined the "proposed scheme" of officials which includes three separate facilities which have winter and summer layouts. The biggest section at 3,200 sqm is the rescue village with a water course - the segment which has drawn concern from councillors about a repeat of the last project - and a mock village.

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