Shipping container and rambling houses in the running for Ireland's favourite building title

Eve Kelliher checks out the entries seeking your vote in the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland 'Public Choice Awards' 2024 

The library/former grain store in Kinsale, Co Cork, left, Barney's Ruins, Derry, top right, and High Street, Balbriggan, below right.

What do a shipping container, a 19th-century grain store, and a series of old rambling houses have in common?

Clever design has gifted them a whole new lease of life.