High drama: Nama, the Abbey, and a €1.5m land deal

Garrett Kelleher had a vision to regenerate Dublin but after the bust. Nama had other ideas

People walk past the Abbey Theatre prior to a meeting in relation to the resignations of Managing Director Brian Jackson and Artistic Director Ben Barnes. Photo: RollingNews.ie 13/5/2005
Garrett Kelleher (inset) and an architect’s drawing of his proposed tower near the Abbey Theatre Picture: Sportsfile

It was an ambitious plan which would have opened a new act not just for the Abbey Theatre, but also for Dublin’s north inner city.

Garrett Kelleher, one of Ireland’s most experienced developers with completed projects worth €2.5 billion to his name, hoped to build a new tower on the site of Eden House, the building between the ...