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Wed 05 May 2004€15m upgrade for FinglasRedevelopment: A planning application for the €15 million revamp of the dated Finglas main centre in Dublin 11 is about to be lodged to Dublin City Council, which if successful could kick-start the rejuvenation of Finglas Village.The shopping centre, an L-shaped parade of 10 retail units with four floors of offices and a library overhead, is typical of the type built in the 1960s and 1970s with recessed shop units and a sprawling surface car-park.