RTÉ HAS been granted permission by Dublin City Council for the complete redevelopment of its Montrose broadcasting campus in Donnybrook, Dublin 4.
The broadcaster intends to demolish and rebuild the 1960s and 1970s broadcasting facilities on half of the 16-acre site.
It has separately asked the council to change the zoning of the site to allow for “mixed uses”. This would allow a greater range of uses on the portion of the site which will not be taken up by the new facilities.
The redevelopment of the broadcasting facilities, known as Project 2025, envisages the gradual replacement over a 10 to 15-year period of most of the current 1960s and 1970s buildings with a “purpose-built modern building complex designed for the digital and high-definition age”.
The existing television centre would be demolished, as well as the Radio Centre, the sports club, library and multistorey car park.
The more recent Stage 7 production facility inside the main gate would be retained, as would the listed buildings Montrose House and Mount Errol House.
