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ireland.com 27/8/04:

“The Courts Service has abandoned plans to build a family court complex on Ormond Quay in Dublin city centre, The Irish Times has learned.

It will develop local family law courts in the suburbs instead, according to a spokesman for the Courts Service, which will avoid “distressed people” having to travel into town.

The proposed centre city complex, planned since 1999, had been intended to house all family law courts, from District to High Court, under the one roof, providing discretion and privacy for family law litigants.

A site on Ormond Quay, owned by Dublin City Council, was identified, planning permission sought and plans drawn up for the complex.

It was intended to include a creche and facilities for the Probation and Welfare service, as well as less formal courtrooms than those in existence at present.

The site was never purchased, and this project has now been abandoned.”

– pity – If this was the site I think it is (beside Charles St West) then it was an interesting project won in competition by Gilroy McMahon if remember aright.

If only commissioning bodies could get their act together when organising competitions and wasting everybody’s time. Where’s Kilkenny Civic Offices? or Westport? Why do the RIAI either organise or allow architectural competitions without even checking whether the clients have the will or ability to build the buildings? Honestly.