Woman challenges permission for Trinity College development to house 358 students

Her husband was involved in a 20-year litigation with Trinity over the development of student accommodation at Trinity Hall.

Mrs Kenny’s challenge is aimed at quashing a permission granted by An Bord Pleanala to Trinity College (pictured) for demolition of existing structures within the curtilage of Greenane House, a protected structure, and the construction of four apartments and 358 student accommodation bed spaces and associated site works at Cunningham House, Trinity Hall. File image

A local woman is seeking to overturn planning permission for 358 student accommodation bed spaces and four staff apartments on a site alongside the existing Trinity Hall student accommodation complex in Dartry, Dublin.

The action is by Patricia Kenny, from nearby Temple Road, Dartry, whose husband James was involved in a 20-year saga of litigation with Trinity College Dublin (TCD) concerning the development of student accommodation at Trinity Hall.