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Plan to convert Georgian House Museum to deluxe housing refused Plan ‘would set an undesirable precedent for loss of cultural facilities’ – Dublin City Council
Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 17:44 Updated: Sat, Feb 20, 2021, 17:45
A plan to turn a city centre museum into deluxe apartments has been refused.
Dublin City Council has refused planning permission to convert the former Georgian House Museum on the corner of Merrion Square in Dublin, into luxury apartments.
The Georgian House Museum at 29 Fitzwilliam Street, opened in 1991 to celebrate Dublin’s status as European Cultural Capital, was operated by the ESB and the National Museum of Ireland as an exhibition of “Dublin home life from 1790 to 1820”.
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Opinion: No foreign travel this year? All is not lost, Ireland has a lot to offer
As foreign travel appears to be entirely off the radar for 2021, many are turning their attention to trips at home. Here, travel writer Deirdre Mullins shares some of Ireland’s hidden gems. By Deirdre Mullins Saturday 20 Feb 2021, 8:30 AM Feb 20th 2021, 8:30 AM 80,108 Views 155 Comments Deirdre Mullins
WITH FOREIGN TRAVEL dreams abandoned for 2021, it looks like another summer of staycations ahead. The good news is that once the intercounty travel restrictions are lifted, there are many places to explore on this fair island of ours.
Over the past year, we have learned to live with restrictions such as our 5km limit. Rather than seeing ourselves as being tethered to our locale, we instead can take this opportunity to foster an intimate knowledge of our neighbourhood.