5298/22

Block D & A Irish Life Centre, 1 Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1, D01 PK03, including part of the pavement (owned by the applicant) to the Abbey Street Lower front of Block A. Block A fronts onto and is primarily accessed via Abbey Street Lower and backs onto a publicly accessible garden courtyard within the Irish Life Centre complex. Block D fronts onto and is primarily accessed via the publicly accessible garden courtyard within the Irish Life Centre. The proposed development comprises of the following elements : (1) Block D - the installation of a c. 0.800m x 1.658m internally illuminated sign of the ground floor fascia of the entrance to Block D facing the garden courtyard, (2) Block A and Abbey Street Lower - the removal of 'Talking Heads', sculptures, currently located on the pavement outside the front of the building (to be relocated elsewhere within the Irish Life Centre), the installation of 4 concrete plants of varying size on the pavement outside the front of building, replacement of existing paving with new precast concrete paving to match the main Irish Life Plaza, the installation of a c. 0.916m x 1.900m, internally illuminated sign on the fascia at ground floor level and affixing two small signs (c. 550mm x 265mm each) to the interior of the glazing of the main doors facing Abbey Street Lower, (3) all of the preceding to include associated ancillary development an site works above and below ground.