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Saint Stephens green redevelopment faces backlash

A new ‘rejuvenation’ plan has been submitted for the Stephen’s Green shopping centre, after...

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13.32 27 Jan 2026


Saint Stephens green redevelopment faces backlash


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13.32 27 Jan 2026


A new ‘rejuvenation’ plan has been submitted for the Stephen’s Green shopping centre, after a previous plan was rejected by An Coimisiún Pleanála last summer.

The proposals include expanding the building to eight storeys, adding office space, hospitality outlets, and cinema screens.  

The plans not only reconfigure the inside of the building, but would completely alter the outside facade, removing the dome architecture and steel lattice work.  

The proposal has prompted outcry from many locals and architecture students

Tara Duggan in for Andrea was joined by Marta, architect and PhD candidate as well as the co-founder and coordinator of the Save Stephen’s Green Campaign,  Roisin Murphy, Lecturer in Architecture and Interior Architecture, Mannix Flynn, Independent Dublin City Councillor aswell as callers giving their opnion on the plan.


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