Property

Ding founder told to redraw plans for €11.7m mansion revamp

Tech entrepreneur and his wife plans to renovate their Ballsbridge property, described as the ‘finest home’ on Ailesbury Road as Dublin City Council raised ‘serious concerns’ over the proposed changes to the protected structure

Mark Roden, founder of Ding, the €300 million valued mobile payments software company, has been asked by Dublin City Council to ‘reconsider’ the design of an extension at his home on Ailesbury Road. Picture: Chris Bellew/Fennells

Mark Roden, the technology entrepreneur, has been told to redraw the plans to renovate his new €11.7 million mansion on Ailesbury Road in Dublin.

The businessman, who founded Ding, the €300 million valued mobile payments software company, and his wife Nicola plan to make significant alternations to the property, which has been dubbed “the finest home” on the prestigious road in Ballsbridge.

Roden purchased the period home, which is situated on a one-acre plot with ...