Irish Life office on hold

The Dublin offices of international legal firm Maples and Calder have put on hold plans by Irish Life to construct a €20m six-storey office block on a landmark St Stephen’s Green site.

Last month, Dublin City Council gave Irish Life the go-ahead to demolish its existing office block at Hainault House, which consultants for Irish Life described as “no longer fit for purpose”.

Irish Life has been given the go-ahead for a much larger office block in its place, which led Maples and Calder to lodge an appeal with An Bord Pleanála.