McManus plans for Dublin house put on hold

The wife of one of Ireland’s richest men, JP McManus, has been stopped in her tracks, for now, from further extending a family home on a ‘millionaires’ row’ in Dublin 4.

Noreen McManus had lodged plans in July with Dublin City Council to demolish an 80sq metre bungalow and replace it with a 200sq m two-storey dwelling to the rear of the main property at 22 Ailesbury Rd.

The McManuses had acquired developer Bernard McNamara’s former home, at No 22, for a cut-price €10m in 2011.