VHI plans to use former church as headquarters
The VHI is planning to develop new headquarters on top of the former Scots Presbyterian church hall on Abbey Street in Dublin city centre.
Opening the door to better design
When Russell and Cliona Fitzsimons were looking for a new home for their growing family they viewed houses with extensions but were not impressed by what they saw.
Gormley announces 25m heritage grants
A range of heritage properties from Bantry House in Co Cork to Connolly’s Folly in Co Kildare are set to benefit from almost 25 million in grants announced by Minister for the Environment John Gormley yesterday.
Gormley Announces Substantial Increase in Funding for Conservation and Protection of Built Heritage
Mr. John Gormley, T.D., Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government,
Ulster firms cry foul at contest clique
A group of Northern Ireland’s heavyweight commercial practices has called on the Royal Society of Ulster Architects (RSUA) to scrap part of its competition design criteria as they believe a ‘select list’
Proposal to preserve Pigeon House chimneys rejected
Planners in Dublin City Council have rejected a proposal to preserve the Pigeon House chimneys at Poolbeg by adding them to the Record of Protected Structures (RPS),
How to make cities work
Ireland doesn’t have good cities. An opinion, perhaps. Cities are the way of the future and must get better.
Dunne puts rejected tower on display ahead of An Bord Pleanala appeal
Developer Sean Dunne’s plans for the the Jurys and Berkeley Court sites in Ballsbridge have been put on public display in the former Berkeley Court Hotel in advance of his appeal to An Bord Pleanala in relation to the development.
Moving Dublin Port to free up 650 acres for development
Dublin Port is undoubtedly one of Ireland’s most valuable pieces of real estate,
100m plan for Killarney
A dramatic viewing tower and a large eight-screen cinema as well as a courthouse will be among the key features of plans for a 100 million development on the former Great Southern Hotel lands alongside Killarney railway station.
