The Irish Times

Dublin 4 residents have challenged AIB's plan to build a seven-storey office development on the site of the existing bankcentre bounded by Merrion Road and Serpentine Avenue in Ballsbridge. A number of parties have appealed planning permission granted by Dublin City Council for the proposed 56,834 sq m (611,75 sq ft) office scheme on the 14-acre grounds of the existing 1970s-built bankcentre. The plan is for three linked blocks rising from five to seven stories. AIB says it is building the new headquarters because the existing group head office functions have grown since the 1980s with an outward spread of staff and facilities, and a consequent doubling of employers to over 4,500.