Incarceration Altars is part of Pathway 2: Community Based Projects of ‘…the lives we live’ programme.

Read more about Incarceration Altars here.

See event poster below for opening times or to book a group tour.

Following the success of the Community Based Pathway of the Grangegorman Public Art programme, the Grangegorman Public Art Working Group is pleased to announce a new Open Call for submissions for artists working with, OR to work with, communities of the Grangegorman Project, and/or in the Grangegorman area. Artists who wish to apply MUST register interest with the public art programme (email this form to public.art@ggda.ie ) before the submission brief can be issued.

The deadline for submissions is 24th November 2017

There will be a Q&A session with artists hoping to apply on Tuesday 24th October 2017 at 11am

Information on other projects under Pathway 2 can be found here | ‘…the lives we live‘ Community Based Projects

To find out more about ‘…the lives we live’ Grangegorman Public Art programme, click here

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At the signing of the loan agreement for The Green Centaur sculpture were from L to r: Ms. Nora Rahill (GDA), Ms. Jacquie Moore (OPW), Mr. George Warren (Artist) and Prof. Brian Norton (DIT)

The Green Centaur  was officially loaned to Dublin Institute of Technology today from the Office of Public Works as part of ‘…the lives we live’, Grangegorman’s public art programme.

The artist, George Warren, attended the signing along with president of DIT, Prof. Brian Norton, the OPW Art Officer, Ms. Jacquie Moore and GDA’s Corporate Affairs Manager, Ms. Nora Rahill.

Mr. Warren said he decided to make the trip up from Wexford today for the signing as he is a graduate of DIT and was very happy that one of his pieces was going on display here.

For anyone interested in viewing this beautiful sculpture, it can be seen in the foyer of the Greenway Hub.

George Warren with his sculpture The Green Centaur

Fr. Piaras with Dr. Ivor Browne at the opening of the Phoenix Care Centre in 2013

The Grangegorman Development Agency would like to acknowledge the passing of Fr. Piaras Ó’ Dúill OFM Cap. on Tuesday 5th September 2017 and to extend our deepest sympathies to his family, friends and former colleagues in St. Brendan’s Hospital (now the Phoenix Care Centre).

Fr. Piaras was chaplain of St. Brendan’s Hospital for over 40 years and, along with former staff members Dick Bennett and others, was responsible for the salvaging of many of the old hospital files and artefacts in the Grangegorman Hospital museum. The records, which stretch back to the opening of the hospital in 1814, are now in the care of the National Archives and the other historic artefacts are in storage in Grangegorman.  They will eventually be displayed in a new museum space onsite as per Fr. Piaras’ wishes.

Fr. Piaras was born in Kilmainham in 1931 and trained with the Capuchin Order in Ards Friary in north Donegal. He began working in St. Brendan’s in the 1960′s. He was an avid Irish speaker and was a teacher of the language for a time.

Fr. Piaras was actively involved in the Grangegorman project from the very beginning, taking part in all aspects of the initial consultation meetings. He was a regular visitor to the GDA offices where he would look for updates on the project and remind the team about the museum and the importance of it in the long term plans for the site.

As the chaplain for the hospital, Fr. Piaras looked after St. Laurence’s church. He was always keen to see new activities taking place on the site and happily facilitated a production of The Crucible for the DIT graduate show in 2010.

Ar dheis Dé go raibh a anam uasal.

The multi-party framework agreement of integrated design teams will be established comprising the following Principal Service Providers:

(a) Conservation Architect Services (incl. design team lead)

(b) Civil & Structural Engineering Services,

(c) Quantity Surveying Services,

(d) Mechanical and Electrical Engineers

For further information and how to apply, go to the e-tenders website at this link.

https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3TR9N66

The following is a quote from the relevant Order:

“Having regard to the overall provisions of S170A of the Act, the Board agreed with the inspector’s conclusion that the proposed amendments would not be material, given the limited nature of the proposed amendment. It is considered that the amendment will not have material implications for the amenities of the area and will not affect the overall planning scheme objectives or the character of the Grangegorman SDZ area.”

The decision can be found on An Bord Pleanala’s website at the below link;

http://www.pleanala.ie/casenum/ZE0003.htm

The GDA will now proceed with the design of a 24 classroom school with lead designers Grafton Architects, who are an internationally renowned and award winning Architecture practice.

The Department of Education and Skills requested that the school be increased in size from 16 to 24 classrooms following research into future pupil numbers in the area by their forward planning unit two years ago.

Following some discussion in the area and with local elected officials, the GDA confirmed these figures with our own planning consultants RPS. From there the proposed amendment was submitted to An Bord Pleanála by Dublin City Council.