The Irish Times

The Spire in O'Connell Street will lose its status as the State's tallest structure if Dublin City Council approves plans for a 32-storey residential building in Kilmainham. ouncil planners are to announce their decision on the building within two weeks. The planners are considering proposals for two skyscrapers in the south of the city - a 32-storey tower on Military Road, across the road from Heuston Station, and a 28-storey residential/commercial block on the site of the John Player factory on the South Circular Road. The buildings, if approved, would reach heights of 140.55 metres and 100.15 metres respectively. These would far surpass the tallest building in Ireland, Windsor House in Belfast at 80 metres; the tallest in the State, Cork City Hall, at 64.3 metres; and the tallest in Dublin, Liberty Hall, at 58 metres.