Tower tumbles: Landmark Ballymun tower bites the dust as part of €2.5bn regeneration blitz

DUBLIN lost one of its most famous, if unloved, landmarks yesterday with the demolition of the Seán McDermott tower in Ballymun.

The 138ft building, which is one of the suburb’s “Seven Towers,” took just five seconds to collapse as a large crowd of onlookers gathered together to witness the historic event.

The 15-storey block was the only one of the high-rise towers capable of being demolished by a controlled explosion. The other remaining towers are all being dismantled on a piecemeal basis with special mechanical equipment.