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25/02/2014
BoI Building To Become Cultural And Heritage Centre
Bank of Ireland's landmark College Green building is to handed over to the government for 10 years and turned into a state-run cultural and heritage centre.
The government will convert the building as part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht's 'Decade of Centenaries' programme, which launched in 2012.
Refurbishment work is expected to begin once planning permission is granted. Once completed entrance to the new centre is expected to be via the James Gandon-designed entrance on Westmoreland Street, which is currently out of use.
(MH/CD)
The government will convert the building as part of the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht's 'Decade of Centenaries' programme, which launched in 2012.
Refurbishment work is expected to begin once planning permission is granted. Once completed entrance to the new centre is expected to be via the James Gandon-designed entrance on Westmoreland Street, which is currently out of use.
(MH/CD)
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