Northside Shopping Centre

Not too bad a place. A few roughish people about as you’d expect, but nothing too serious and not as issue really. A new coffee shop just opened in the centre of the centre and is nice, if a little expensive. Not the worst place in the world to waste a lunch break, but if you want a bit of shopping and better food options you’d be better off hitting the Omni Centre, which is close by and has better food options.

Northside Shopping Centre is a horrid monstrosity of a building, containing a grim, down-​at-​heel shopping centre.
The building itself is notorious as one of the worst eyesores on Dublin’s northside. There were plans to demolish it and the surrounding area and to build a gleaming sixteen story tower in its place, but these plans might have been put on hold given the penurious state of the government’s coffers.
Just look at the state of it. It’s sooo gross.
There are a couple of decent shops in the place, though. There’s a Dunnes (isn’t there always) and a Superquinn (very middle-​class) and, somewhat shockingly, a Peter Mark’s. But apart from these, there isn’t much else to write home about. And it has a Graham O’Sullivan’s which to me screams manky-​windblown-​shopping precinct.
To be honest, it probably wouldn’t be that bad if they just made the building nicer. But given the current economic collapse, I wouldn’t hold my breath if I were you.