Council calls off seizure of Iveagh Markets

Plans were called off after 11th-hour talks were proposed with the current occupier of the site, Martin Keane

Martin Keane of the Ivegah Gardens

Dublin City Council last week called off plans to seize the historic Iveagh Markets in the capital after 11th-hour talks were proposed with the current occupier of the site, Martin Keane.

The council had planned to change the locks at the Victorian market last Thursday, but delayed after receiving correspondence from Keane’s lawyers.

A major refurbishment and urban renewal project at the Iveagh Markets has been stalled for over 20 years.

Keane is ...