About 8,000 people attended the exhibition of the four proposals for the redevelopment of the former mail boat pier in Dún Laoghaire, Co Dublin. The exhibition featuring scale models of each design closed yesterday after two weeks. The proposal eventually chosen is intended to provide "an exceptional landmark building of international architectural quality that regenerates and enlivens the waterfront". It will replace the Carlisle pier terminal which became an icon of Irish emigration in the middle of the last century.

