{"id":567698,"date":"2026-07-25T15:25:16","date_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567698\/"},"modified":"2026-07-25T15:25:16","modified_gmt":"2026-07-25T15:25:16","slug":"johnny-ronans-firm-lodges-alternative-plans-for-landmark-ifsc-site-following-appeal-setback-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/567698\/","title":{"rendered":"Johnny Ronan\u2019s firm lodges alternative plans for landmark IFSC site following appeal setback \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Johnny Ronan\u2019s<\/a> Ronan Group has lodged plans for the redevelopment of the current Citigroup <\/a>office building in Dublin\u2019s International Financial Services Centre (ISFC).<\/p>\n

Last month, Ronan\u2019s company secured planning permission to partially demolish the existing office block<\/a> at 1 North Wall Quay and develop a four-block office scheme on the site. <\/p>\n

The approval of the project by Dublin City Council<\/a> was subsequently appealed to An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la.<\/p>\n

Ronan Group has lodged a planning application with Dublin City Council for the site along the river Liffey that would involve the development of 40 per cent less office space.<\/p>\n

The application by NWQ Devco Limited has also sought permission for four buildings on site, which would range in height from six to 12 storeys, but two buildings would be for office use.<\/p>\n

The two office buildings would be designated for 31,000sq m of space, compared to 53,000sq m in the application approved last month.<\/p>\n

Ronan Group has proposed the other buildings would be used to provide two separate hotels on site. One 10-storey hotel would have 201 bedrooms, while the other seven-storey hotel would have 135 bedrooms.<\/p>\n

A planning report lodged with the application, prepared by JSA Planning, said the proposal \u201caims to establish a balanced mix of uses that responds both to the site\u2019s strategic location and the scheme\u2019s viability\u201d.<\/p>\n

Retail space, community space and public park<\/p>\n

Further details in the application show that space would also be set aside in the scheme to provide a 91sq m retail unit, 654sq m of community space and a 244sq m public park.<\/p>\n

A company spokesman declined to comment on the plans for the site. <\/p>\n

In 2023, Ronan Group agreed a \u20ac140 million deal<\/a> to acquire Citigroup\u2019s current European headquarters on North Wall Quay.<\/p>\n

The deal involved an arrangement for Ronan Group to develop an office block for the financial group in the Waterfront South Central scheme, which will include a 25-storey building, 65,000sq m of office space and 550 apartments.<\/p>\n

In recent years, Ronan\u2019s firm has lodged a number of applications to redevelop<\/a> the current Citigroup offices, but has faced pushback from planning authorities.<\/p>\n

It proposed a 17-storey development on the site that would span 87,209sq m, with four-fifths of the space designated for office use. That plan was ultimately refused planning permission following an appeal to An Coimisi\u00fan Plean\u00e1la.<\/p>\n

That scheme included plans for the so-called Liffey Experience, an interactive space to educate visitors on the history of the river and the role it has played in the city. It would have been located on the 16th floor. The refused scheme also included plans for a workshop and teaching space for the Gaiety School of Acting and a community park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnny Ronan\u2019s Ronan Group has lodged plans for the redevelopment of the current Citigroup office building in Dublin\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":567699,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[72,13237,615,15940,61,60,2549,39157],"class_list":["post-567698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-citigroup","tag-dublin","tag-hotels","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-planning-permission","tag-ronan-group-real-estate"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567698","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=567698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/567698\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/567699"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=567698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=567698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=567698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}