#Balfour Just as TE Lawrence was solemnly promising Arabs self-determination in return for aiding Britain in its Great War struggle with Germany and the Ottoman empire, the British government fatefully acceded to persistent lobbying from Zionists to secure Palestine for…
A ding-dong battle has developed over plans by Irish Life plc to demolish the former Bord Fáilte headquarters at Baggot Street Bridge in Dublin, now nearly 60 years old, and replace it with a significantly larger office block clad…
Position of helium balloon shows height of the proposed hotel This is a copy of the submission I’ve made to Dublin City Council planners on plans for a nine-storey hotel at the corner of Middle Abbey Street and Upper Liffey…
A computer-generated aerial view by Model Works Media of the new-look Central Bank complex on Dame Street One day in late March I got a phone call from Brian Moran, managing director in Ireland of Hines, the US investment company…
By far the most charming and memorable thing about Cork is its close relationship with the Lee. And with the river’s twin channels running through the city centre, there’s always a real sense of being connected to water — even…
Temple Bar Square was one of the key elements of 1991 plans to transform the whole area into Dublin’s “cultural quarter”. Now looking rather tired and decrepit as well as cluttered with café/bar enclosures, it’s finally set for a…
It is a revelation, quite literally. The long-awaited renovation of the National Gallery of Ireland on Dublin’s Merrion Square has revealed elements of the building that have never been seen by members of the public as well as windows that…
