Price of site stops relocation of Abbey Theatre

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2004 / December 15 2004: Price of site stops relocation of Abbey Theatre

The Minister for the Arts, Mr O'Donoghue, informed the Cabinet yesterday that he is not in a position to announce a new location for the Abbey Theatre before Christmas, as he had promised. Mr O'Donoghue said negotiations on the purchase of a building in Parnell Square, Dublin, which forms part of the site selected for the relocation of the theatre, have broken down. The Minister said the vendors were looking for a sum in excess of what the Department considered was a fair market price. The preferred site for the theatre was Coláiste Mhuire on Parnell Square, along with the purchase of an adjacent site to provide the necessary footprint for the theatre.

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