Conservation & The Environment

• The development company which demolished the former Presentation Convent in Terenure last month has been ordered by the city council to halt work on the three-acre site and to reinstate the 19th century building. Kimpton Vale Ltd bought the site for over €15m in October last, at which time it had been described as being in good condition. The council was actively considering making it a protected structure at the time, but bulldozers moved in at 7:00am on Saturday November 4.