The Abbey Theatre looks set to remain on Dublin's northside after Arts Minister John O'Donoghue told the Dáil that a site for the theatre had been identified in the Docklands.
Mr O'Donoghue said the Office of Public Works has held consultations with the Dublin Docklands Authority about the availability of the site at St George's Dock.
“These consultations have progressed to the point where I am in a position to say that a potentially suitable site at George's Dock capable of satisfying the accommodation brief for the Abbey is now on offer subject to clarification of some points of detail with DDDA,” Mr O'Dopnoghue told the Dáil.
Fine Gael Arts spokesperson, Jimmy Deenihan, welcomed the news that the process of finding a new home for the Abbey may be over.
“ It is regrettable that the acquisition of a new location for the Abbey has been beset with difficulties so that the decision was not made during the theatre's centenary year which began 18 months ago. Several potential sites have been ruled out in what appeared to be extraordinary tortuous process and it is good news that that process may now be over,” said Mr Deenihan.