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Thu 06 Jun 2004Plan for baths hits choppy watersA plan to turn the derelict Clontarf Baths into a restaurant and bar complex has been appealed to An Bord Pleanála by three parties, writes Edel Morgan.Dublin City Council approved a plan by Abbeybeg Ltd for a two-storey over basement complex with restaurants, tea rooms, a café bar, gourmet foods store, outdoor terraces and a sculpture exhibition centre - despite local objection.