A DEVELOPER has paid £1.71 million at a DTZ Sherry FitzGerald auction for a 0.38-acre housing site at Grove Road, Portobello, Dublin 6. The site was formerly occupied by Taylor Signs and could accommodate between 24 and 30 apartments. In Rathfarnham Dublin 14, The Revels bar was withdrawn at a John Younge auction at £3.2 million. Meanwhile Morrisseys secured £1.45 million for Carrigans pub at Old Kilmainham Road, Dublin 8.