Madam, – I refer to a piece by Edel Morgan (Residential Property supplement, February 17th) in which she describes the possible eviction of the Fry Model Railway and Tara’s Palace doll’s house from Malahide Castle to make way for redevelopment to possibly include an Avoca shop and cafe. This theme was then taken up on RTÉ’s Joe Duffy’s Liveline show.
In fact, the area that it is proposed that Avoca would occupy in the redevelopment is in an as yet unbuilt building in a disused cattle yard, which is accessed through a vacant building and adjacent to the courtyard area.
For the record, we would view the current museums as great complementary attractions to what we are proposing to do.
If the project proceeds, we will be creating approximately 80 new jobs at Malahide. – Yours, etc,