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# restoration

Last year
2022
Details of National Concert Hall redevelopment project unveiled
The project will deliver the expansion of stage and seating capacity of the existing auditorium.
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Dec 8th 2022, 12:51 PM
An 18th century fort in Phoenix Park is to be renovated and turned into a visitor attraction
Under the plan, the entire Magazine Fort will be repaired and restored after Dublin City Council granted planning permission.
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Jul 9th 2022, 7:30 AM
Howth's WWII 'Eire 6' neutrality sign unveiled by Michael D Higgins following restoration
The EIRE 6 sign was one of 83 aerial recognition signs built around the Irish coast during the Second World War.
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Apr 9th 2022, 5:17 PM
All time
Dublin landmark Saint Patrick's Cathedral completes its biggest building project in 150 years
The iconic building – which is over 700 years old – needed its entire roof replaced.
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Sep 9th 2021, 1:05 PM
Historic Irish Republican Tom Clarke's Irish language shopfront to be restored
Clarke operated a tobacconist at 55 Amiens Street, Dublin from 1908 to 1911.
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Jul 9th 2021, 12:13 PM
'She'll be all lit up': A Vietnam War helicopter is making its way to Tralee for restoration
Once restored, Pádraig Nolan plans to display the Huey in public and tour it around Ireland.
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Aug 24th 2019, 6:00 PM
French billionaires pledge hundreds of millions of euro to help rebuild Notre Dame
The restoration is expected to take a number of years.
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Apr 16th 2019, 10:39 AM
Another Spanish church has come under fire for a 'frightening' art restoration
The sculpture of St George dates back to the 16th century.
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Jun 27th 2018, 3:00 PM
City Assembly House has been restored - and is recreating an 18th-century art exhibition
The ambitious exhibition will see works not seen in decades go on display to the public.
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Jun 16th 2018, 6:30 PM
This is the view from O'Connell Tower in Glasnevin Cemetery, reopened after almost 50 years
It has been reopened to the public after almost 50 years.
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Apr 13th 2018, 4:33 PM
A rake of old Irish TV ads have been restored online and it's just pure nostalgia
The amount of jingles.
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Apr 26th 2017, 6:47 PM
Civil servants' union wants a €1.4 billion pay restoration
Geraghty said that he didn’t want the issue to be a public sector versus private sector divide, but said that their demands were “reasonable”.
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Apr 20th 2017, 7:47 AM
Why are TDs getting a €5,000 'pay rise'?
Politicians have come under fire for wage restoration they are due next year.
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Oct 12th 2016, 6:38 PM
Senior gardaí want pay restoration of 16.5% or industrial action could be on the cards
Rank-and-file gardaí announced last week they would strike in a dispute over pay.
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Oct 4th 2016, 8:12 PM
This kid tripped in an art gallery and punched a hole in a €1.3million painting
Oh, I’ll just walk past this paNOOOOOOOOO.
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Aug 25th 2015, 10:56 AM
Trinity College Dublin's Front Gate is to be repaired this week
The gate was destroyed by a driver in April.
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Jun 9th 2014, 6:01 PM
Ever wanted to sleep in a lighthouse? Cutbacks might make it impossible
Restored buildings managed by the Landmark Trust are in danger following funding cuts.
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May 5th 2014, 7:55 PM
Number of homes without power halved after day of ‘good progress’
25,000 homes are likely to remain without power over night, but 35,000 homes saw the lights come back on today.
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Feb 15th 2014, 8:55 PM
Technology saving major works in National Gallery
Priceless art collection preserved for future through latest conservation methods.
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Jan 11th 2014, 10:15 AM
Five-year restoration of masterpiece to reveal art mystery
Who painted what part of the fascinating 24-panel ”Mystic Lamb’ altarpiece? What lies beneath?
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Oct 19th 2013, 8:30 PM
New drawings revealed as restoration starts on Rome's Colosseum
Ancient traces of red, black, green and blue frescoes have been uncovered.
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Jan 18th 2013, 9:35 PM
Saint Mel's cathedral restoration creates 100 jobs
The cathedral was damaged in a fire in 2009, but restoration has now begun in earnest on it, Bishop Colm O’Reilly has said. The work is expected to take 14 months.
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Oct 1st 2012, 3:06 PM
Colosseum to be restored using private donation
A luxury shoemaker will fund the restoration project, which will see works taking place at the ancient ruin for more than two years.
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Jul 31st 2012, 7:15 PM