Plan for Dublin’s last Georgian mansion opposed

Plans to regenerate the last Georgian mansion built in Dublin — Aldborough House in the Ballybough area of the north inner city — with an office development on the site have been blocked, writes Gordon Deegan.

The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and An Taisce have told Dublin City Council they are opposed to the scale of the development planned by Reliance Investments. The firm is seeking to build 100,000sq ft of office space in two five-storey blocks on either side of the house.

Aldborough House, on Dublin’s Portland Row, was the second biggest Georgian private residence in Dublin after Leinster House.