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Thu 01 Jan 2007Green light for scheme near HeustonHickey's Fabrics headquarters at Parkgate Street, Dublin 8 - opposite Heuston Railway Station - has got planning permission for an office and residential development on its prime 0.7-hectare site at the junction of Parkgate Street and Seán Heuston Bridge.The scheme will incorporate 139 apartments in two nine-storey blocks, a public plaza overhanging the River Liffey, a six-storey glazed office block and a new pedestrianised street connecting Parkgate Street to the river.