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Thu 07 Jul 2008D4 high-rises profit-driven, says Desmond
BUSINESSMAN DERMOT Desmond has described a proposed high-rise development on the site of the former veterinary college in Ballsbridge as "an incongruous spike" in a sea of Victorian architecture and said the entire justification for such high-rise buildings seemed to be "the maximisation of profit".
Mr Desmond, who lives on Ailesbury Road, Ballsbridge, made the comments in a submission to An Bord Pleanála's oral hearing on the development, which opened at the RDS yesterday.
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