Developer objects to €472k Luas line bill from council

The developers of the site where U2 recorded some of their best-loved albums have entered a battle with Dublin City Council over a disputed Luas Red Line payment of almost €500,000.

Hibernia Reit is one of the largest property players in the country and last year purchased the Windmill Lane studio site and adjoining site at Sir John Rogerson’s Quay for €25.25m.

Last month, Dublin City Council gave the property firm the go-ahead for revised plans to construct a €50m mixed-use development on the Sir John Rogerson’s Quay site adjacent to the former U2 studio site at Windmill Lane on the south side of the River Liffey.