The second phase of regeneration work by the Biodiversity and Landscape Services team at St James' Linear Park has officially opened.

With the intention of reinventing the linear park, the area between the Fatima Luas stop and Basin Lane has been transformed into a large play and exercise area. The reconstruction of this park is part of the ongoing plan to provide safe exercise facilities for all ages.

The park is now fully accessible with a new pavement as well as providing space for exercising, socialising, eating and educating through a large communal bench and exercise elements.

By involving 30 local residents, a new community Edimental garden was created in early 2023, which contains fruit trees and raised beds filled with plants that can be eaten.

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Daithí de Róiste, the Lord Mayor of Dublin City said: "What was previously an uninviting, dark thoroughfare has been reimagined into this wonderful linear park. St James Linear Park now provides safe spaces and facilities for exercise for all age groups; space to walk and cycle safely and space for communities to gather, communicate and garden.  A true neighbourhood park."

Running from the Grand Canal at Dolphin Road, Inchicore to the southside of the new Children’s Hospital at Rialto and the St. James’s Hospital Campus, the park follows the alignment of the Grand Canal Main Line. Providing a linear portion of green space which is approximately 1.16 km in length.

The revamped park is set to become a fundamental part of the community by offering a safe and inviting amenity in the Liberties. Suzanne O'Connell an Executive Landscape Architect at Dublin City Council Parks, Biodiversity and Landscape Services led the redesign. With the assistance of Áit Urbanism and Landscape. The phase two works were undertaken by landscape contractor, Redlough Landscapes.

The final section of St James Linear Park will be finished in 2024-2025 when the new Children's Hospital Ireland is completed.