Dublin Civic Trust

Ambassador Theatre: Concert promoter appeals against refusal for railings to combat ‘antisocial behaviour’

In January, Dublin City Council rejected a plan for 1.7 metre high railings around the perimeter of the building

Wed Mar 06 2024 - 16:04

Ambassador Theatre operators refused permission for defensive railings

Historic building threatened by fires, vandalism, blood, urine, vomit and ‘human excrement’, operators claimed

Fri Feb 02 2024 - 15:29

Heritage groups urge State to buy last great Georgian mansion built in Dublin

Call comes as permission expires for Aldborough House office redevelopment

Mon Aug 07 2023 - 05:00

Frank McDonald’s future Dublin: Prepare for floods. Lose the ugly bridge. Dig an underground

In an extract from his new book, our former environment editor lays out his vision for Dublin

Thu Oct 21 2021 - 06:00

‘A champion of urbanism’: Influential architect Niall McCullough has died

Tributes paid to author and co-founder of award-winning McCullough Mulvin Architects

Fri Aug 20 2021 - 21:49

Dublin conservation project wins major European heritage award

Restored Georgian building shows potential for ‘living over the shop’ on Liffey quays

Tue May 25 2021 - 19:02

Don’t reopen Georgian museum, says former head of national collection

Fitzwilliam Street museum must not be used to ‘respectabilise’ ESB development

Mon Feb 15 2021 - 04:58

ESB plan to convert museum into luxury apartments criticised by city councillors

Georgian House Museum move is condemned as ‘sly’ and ‘cultural vandalism’

Mon Feb 08 2021 - 21:09

Indecisiveness led to home of The O’Rahilly being demolished

Motion to protect 1916 leader’s house proposed more than one year ago

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 01:00

No deadline set for restoration of Shelbourne Four statues

Dublin City Council confirms ‘delicate’ conservation work needed before reinstallation

Thu Sept 24 2020 - 21:44

D7 residents object to co-living scheme beside Black Church

Durkan scheme which flanks former church gets 25 individual objections

Thu Aug 06 2020 - 06:00

Kilkenny Group objects to Goodman family’s plan for Dublin office block

Retailer has objected to Dublin City Council about application to demolish 47, 48 and 49 Kildare Street and number 1 Nassau Street to make way for development

Mon Dec 23 2019 - 05:00

Georgian society seeks rejection of Kildare Street Hotel demolition

Larry Goodman plan to demolish Georgian buildings would ‘erode’ Dublin heritage

Tue Dec 17 2019 - 02:35

Dublin City Council pays €195,000 a year for empty building

21 Aungier Street, one of Dublin’s oldest buildings, was leased for homeless hostel but never used

Tue Dec 03 2019 - 02:01

Banners to be put up outside GPO in bid to boost visitor numbers

Company secures permission for efforts to advertise Witness History Exhibition

Fri Aug 16 2019 - 10:50

Phoenix Park devoid of historic gates a year on from pope’s visit

OPW yet to tender for repair work to seven sets – age range between 113 and 186 years old

Mon Aug 05 2019 - 02:30

Lipstick on a pig? Why Dublin has failed to pretty-up O’Connell Street

Capital’s main thoroughfare remains unattractive despite expenditure of considerable funds

Sun May 05 2019 - 19:50

Culture Night 2018: Everything you need to know

It’s hard not to be bamboozled by the choice on offer. Here’s a selection of the best bits

Wed Sept 19 2018 - 14:42

Biodiversity week: ‘Natural world should be protected for all our benefit’

Events aims to celebrate wildlife and raise awareness of damage being done to environment

Mon May 21 2018 - 12:32

Do you have an old ha’penny? You can swap it for a book

International Literature Festival Dublin has come up with a mint way to celebrate its 21st-anniversary

Tue Apr 10 2018 - 14:41

Up the Dubs banners may have to come down, says city council

GAA partisan plastic ‘completely inappropriate’ for eye-catching Ha’penny Bridge

Mon Apr 09 2018 - 02:00

Luas Cross City: back to the future

Historic milestone has taken a long time to reach and could have been so much better

Sat Dec 09 2017 - 00:02

Concerns over plans for nine-storey budget hotel in Dublin

The 300-year-old house near Ha’penny Bridge is to be demolished for 365-bedroom hotel

Mon Oct 30 2017 - 01:00

Department of Heritage critical of Aldborough House plans

Integrity of Georgian architecture could be ‘compromised’ by plans for Dublin 1 property

Tue Aug 29 2017 - 01:00

Anger over 'appalling' cabinets named Dublin's 'mini-Stonehenge'

Campaigners criticise Luas Cross City’s 'collection of milk cartons' utility boxes

Wed Aug 02 2017 - 06:32

Love green city space? Enjoy Dublin’s Garden Squares day

The free walking tours of the city’s Georgian squares and gardens take place on June 10th

Wed Jun 07 2017 - 16:00

Conversion of historic Dublin building to homeless hostel stopped

Work to convert protected building halted following heritage department intervention

Thu Mar 23 2017 - 05:00

Historic monument in Dublin to be used for the homeless

Use of one of Dublin’s oldest buildings for shelter ‘unacceptable’, says Civic Trust

Thu Mar 02 2017 - 12:18

Is it time Dublin had its own Chinatown?

Google Maps says the city already has one, around Parnell Street East. Local traders back the idea of making it an official district of the capital

Sat Jan 28 2017 - 02:00

Heather Humphreys urged to save 400-year-old buildings

Dublin Civic Trust calls for preservation of two of city’s oldest buildings on Thomas Street

Fri Sept 16 2016 - 01:00