The Irish Times

The demolition of a 19th-century Presbyterian church in Sandymount, Dublin, was halted at the 11th hour yesterday - at least for a two-week period - to allow local representatives to come up with a survival plan. The stay came yesterday afternoon as workers were starting to remove the windows from the Tritonville Road building. The stay was granted after negotiations between local councillors, residents and representatives of the Presbyterian Residential Trust in Ireland, owner of the church and surrounding gardens.