As You’re Tucked Up In Your Bed Tonight

“This is for U2 at Slane, right…?”

t just goes to show how desirable an area we live in when hardy young souls are willing to camp out all night to grab a home here.

Swinging down to Sherry Fitzgerald’s office right beside Burnaby Park, we were surprised to find a queue was already forming in the early evening for the morning release of a new local housing estate.

The Wicklow Hills is a small enough gathering of 25 houses over in sunny Newtownmountkennedy, and this small band of strangers were settling down for a long night out in the cold. To make sure that they could all one day huddle around a shared barbeque in the not-too-distant future.

We had a quick chat with two of the guys – and a dedicated wife who secured a spot three hours earlier, baby in tow – to find out what dedication looks like…

The morning after… 22 people queued, 39 houses sold by the end of the day, with Wicklow Hills houses still available. The plan being, 80 houses a year being built over the next 10 years. So, no panic down the back there…