{"id":538992,"date":"2026-07-08T09:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/538992\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T09:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T09:58:09","slug":"state-buys-oconnell-street-site-from-uk-property-group-for-metrolink-for-e80m-the-irish-times-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/538992\/","title":{"rendered":"State buys O\u2019Connell Street site from UK property group for MetroLink for \u20ac80m &#8211; The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiygFBVV95cUxOM2FINENDNzhKdGF2d2NTaGNNeDdpaDRwSXR1dWdwd0tQc2JzbkM3RkFNcVJLY000UWg4aEVhQVBXdzhTeHV2dXhFS1JhOFh3bjQyVlZXZ1JfTTJ5SFBhVWNnRjg5dFR3bUVlZ3k3SWJ0TDM1bnFPMHlSSkVscS1LekQ5b1R5dEh4U0ZRQ1Nvdzl6QnRJQmhJQ2laQXFqTDZ6Q0p3UzdmX1g3MXloYXN5blZEVm5HeHNZS29iRVB1SEVrUjdLcHowekd3?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">State buys O\u2019Connell Street site from UK property group for MetroLink for \u20ac80m<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMib0FVX3lxTE0tdGE1dnFBYW1hWGMxZUl0bnFyd29rMG9zTlVMdHJzTnlwNzEwdk1hb3czREMycmE3ejdhbTRaZUhwdmVfbnZ3cENNWkpoR0NvQzlVYW5UXzl5Z29PY0l1LUZiOFVTMnJFUzVNeVY5SQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Portion of O&#8217;Connell Street site acquired for MetroLink<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi6AFBVV95cUxQeVFRTm1XSjlhaVA4dGlhdy05TGpfX0thQTdmZUw2Zk5maEszd05JZWtmTkgzMXB0N1hUVGdPMkJWN3h5Z053Q0VBMy1DQzBvVG9tU3dEZEt0dHZBYVdvTldDOFFVUnFBcklXYzVlOHZRRmNfc3Bib3ZXTFdZdzB1OW9TT3hnQUhCeXFVYWlJUUZjZlRWVXdsbGhxWUFSQmV3MWRpMGc3MzI3d0pJbjhoaTd5WXFjVC1za0xCdVlocEFRR1JNc3QwUlktSUhZRm92ZWJ1V1p6RWxONnM3cUxNLXVtNWhYSVRS?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Landmark Carlton Cinema site bought as part of plan to become key Metrolink hub on O\u2019Connell Street<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilAFBVV95cUxOcjd3YVh3SHI3RWw4ZG1tS2F1TXR4eFpOR1VZdnlvVWNaTG1xZXlxYlFpa2J0NlFNTlpiWXBTVEozb1FRQ2Z4a21DckxnTE85azJCUmZsNUc4emEyOFpXeTBPSkZMRDlQV3Y1eDBKZmxsYlZ1VHRnc1Zwc3lUMktHVFI2dmU0SUk2UEpCamlCUFFvZHVO?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">A major step has been taken in the MetroLink project<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;FM104<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMikwJBVV95cUxOMUhoNC1RREVpc21BeEEyQ0ZxempIVmhGTGxSSWRhS2t4UFE4aV9pU2VSSUVnY3lTTWpQVjlfZmtvamNaN0xzUXc4blBoa05IVnphMGdfdllxTmNuTS15c2w2ZjJYSlZpQ3J3YnVualBfQmVIQm54RUE2aUtJTW1yMXNwYUhvUkg1OHlFbDhhWmJWb1l3NC1xelFBVkluRzUyakFGM1RlTkJmNEN1c3ZTUTRsaDFwTUsxV0tub3pHUlN5TEczMHlqbWhpel9PVlQtWjhZR25HM09ocG9PbmNqaTVTQmRNa0Y1UjVUTVNSWW5HbS1ibGRNbmxmbm9SOWh1VG82anlaTkJYVnU5elI4Q2w5bw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018We have to be showing both teeth\u2019 \u2013 State move on landmark Carlton Cinema site gains cross-party backing after 32 years of vacancy<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"State buys O\u2019Connell Street site from UK property group for MetroLink for \u20ac80m&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish TimesPortion of O&#8217;Connell Street&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":500322,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-538992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538992","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/538992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/500322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=538992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=538992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}