NCH seeks sponsors to form new quartet

Dublin’s National Concert Hall wants to attract €750,000 from three-year partnerships for its family programme, and is open to discussions on naming rights

Matthew King, head of development at the National Concert Hall: ‘To move forward, we need partners’ Picture: Fergal Phillips

During the Celtic Tiger years, a €200 million redevelopment of the National Concert Hall on Dublin’s Earlsfort Terrace was drawn up. It had grand plans for a new auditorium with 2,000 seats, the refurbishment of the existing 1,200-seat auditorium into a 900-seat venue, and the addition of a smaller hall for 400 people.

When the economy tanked and funding was cut, that ambitious plan was scaled back to a €50 million investment. Now ...