Trinity College Dublin (TCD) has secured planning permission for a €9m revamp of its Rubrics building which featured in the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney's Normal People. The imposing Rubrics – which can be seen by campus visitors as they enter TCD through its College Green pedestrian entrance – was built between 1699 and 1702 and is the oldest surviving building on the TCD city centre campus. Some of its former residents include one of Ireland’s most celebrated writers, the late John McGahern, and former Fianna Fáil finance minister Brian Lenihan who died in 2011. Earlier this year, the Rubrics featured in the TV adaptation of TCD graduate Rooney’s