The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has maintained an imposing presence on St Stephen’s Green for 200 years, with a palatial neoclassical facade befitting such an august institution. Much more challenging was the conundrum of doing something similar on St Stephen’s Green itself. “Making a building on St Stephen’s Green is a rare privilege,” McGovern says. Indeed, An Taisce complained that it “breaches 60 years of planning policy in maintaining a uniform parapet height around St Stephen’s Green”. The new RCSI University of Medicine and Health Sciences building, designed by Henry J Lyons architects, seen from St Stephen's Green park.

Source: The Irish Times December 08, 2025 11:52 UTC