The Irish Times

The organisation that owns a 19th-century Presbyterian church in Dublin says it will demolish it, despite a last-minute plea by the Minister for Arts, Heritage, Gaeltacht and the Islands to save the building.

Ms Síle de Valera said yesterday that the church at Tritonville Road, Sandymount, which is owned by the Presbyterian Residential Trust, was of architectural significance and should be adapted for future use.

TDs and An Taisce, the heritage group, are also calling on the trust to drop its demolition plans and residents have held a vigil outside the building for the past week. But in a statement issued last night the trust said it had noted Ms de Valera's comments, but its plans were unchanged.