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Irish Times
04-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Longstanding Dublin 4 home of John Scottus School guiding at €5m
Having sold the three houses the John Scottus senior school had occupied on Morehampton Road in Donnybrook for a total of €5.8 million in 2017, agent Knight Frank is seeking a buyer for the longstanding home of the well-known education provider's junior school in nearby Ballsbridge. Numbers 47 and 49 Northumberland Road occupy a prime location at the junction with St Mary's Road and are being offered to the market with the benefit of vacant possession. The sale of the buildings, which are in use as the home of both the John Scottus Junior School and the School of Philosophy and Economic Science, comes as the interdenominational school relocates its operations to a new location in Dublin 6. John Scottus's senior school relocated, for its part, in 2017 to the 14-acre campus occupied previously by the former Aravon School, at Old Conna House, Rathmichael, Co Wicklow. The campus was purchased from singer Chris de Burgh. Numbers 47 and 49 Northumberland Road comprise two adjoining Victorian properties. Built originally as family homes and transformed later into Pre-63 residential rental units, the buildings were converted around 40 years ago to their present use as an educational facility. The properties have the potential, according to the selling agent, to be converted into a boutique hotel, a high-end apartment development, an office headquarters, an embassy, or two city residences, subject to planning permission. READ MORE The accommodation extends to 880sq m (9,472sq ft) over three floors, with both properties interconnecting on each level. The buildings have been well maintained and retain numerous original period details including their sash windows, cornices and centre roses. Numbers 47 and 49 have a southwest-facing garden. This is laid out currently as a play area for the school, with direct access off St Mary's Road. There are ornate-railed mature gardens to the front of both properties. The rear of 47-49 Northumberland Road, is laid out as a play area currently The properties occupy an excellent location and are within walking distance of Ballsbridge village and Dublin city centre. They are also positioned next to a number of Dublin Bus routes and within a short walk of Lansdowne Road Dart station. *This article was amended on Friday, July 4th to remove an incorrect reference to the John Scottus School being the owner of the property for sale.
Irish Times
25-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
John Scottus School seeks €5m for longstanding Dublin 4 home
Having sold the three houses its senior school occupied on Morehampton Road in Donnybrook for a total of €5.8 million in 2017, the John Scottus School is looking for a buyer for its junior school buildings in nearby Ballsbridge. Numbers 47 and 49 Northumberland Road occupy a prime location at the junction with St Mary's Road and are being offered to the market by agent Knight Frank with the benefit of full vacant possession at a guide price of €5 million. The sale of the buildings, which are in use as the home of the John Scottus Junior School and the School of Philosophy and Economic Science, comes as the interdenominational school relocates its operations to a new location in Dublin 6. John Scottus's senior school relocated, for its part, in 2017 to the 14-acre campus occupied previously by the former Aravon School, at Old Conna House, Rathmichael, Co Wicklow. The campus was purchased from singer Chris de Burgh. Numbers 47 and 49 Northumberland Road comprise two adjoining Victorian properties. Built originally as family homes and transformed later into Pre-63 residential rental units, the buildings were converted around 40 years ago to their present use as an educational facility. The properties have the potential, according to the selling agent, to be converted into a boutique hotel, a high-end apartment development, an office headquarters, an embassy, or two city residences, subject to planning permission. READ MORE The accommodation extends to 880sq m (9,472sq ft) over three floors, with both properties interconnecting on each level. The buildings have been well maintained and retain numerous original period details including their sash windows, cornices and centre roses. Numbers 47 and 49 have a southwest-facing garden. This is laid out currently as a play area for the school, with direct access off St Mary's Road. There are ornate-railed mature gardens to the front of both properties. The rear of 47-49 Northumberland Road, is laid out as a play area currently The properties occupy an excellent location and are within walking distance of Ballsbridge village and Dublin city centre. They are also positioned next to a number of Dublin Bus routes and within a short walk of Lansdowne Road Dart station.
The Independent
05-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Chris de Burgh ‘laughed his head off' over poll of UK's most hated songs
Chris de Burgh has said he 'laughed his head off' after he appeared in two contrasting polls about the UK's favourite and most hated songs. The British-Irish singer-songwriter, 76, is known around the world for his 1986 song 'The Lady in Red', which hit No 1 in the US and No 3 in America. However, the musician appeared to acknowledge that the song is not to everyone's taste, as he spoke of a BBC poll 'years ago' that placed 'The Lady in Red' as the nation's third most favourite song. 'It was there in Channel 4's poll of the nation's most hated songs too,' he said in a feature for The Times. 'I laughed my head off. You need a neck of brass to survive in the music industry. But it's a fantastic life. 'I've played in so many memorable places – the Sydney Opera House, the Royal Albert Hall and Ephesus in Turkey, where the stage was exactly where St Paul stood preaching to the Ephesians. It was an awesome feeling.' In a 2012 interview with The Independent, de Burgh said he felt the problem with 'The Lady in Red' was that it obscured much of his other work. 'One of the problems of having such a huge worldwide hit, like 'Lady in Red', which is still a hit, worldwide, is that you get pigeon-holed and so the other 250 songs you've written and recorded become irrelevant,' he said. 'I write songs about such a wide variety of topics. I don't think there are too many covering what I'm covering.' Asked whether he would 'bury' the song if he could, he responded: 'Of course not! I do diminish it slightly when performing live. I take the microphone and leave the band and walk through the audience, hugging people.' In the same Times feature, de Burgh noted that certain musicians refuse to perform their big hits because they've come to hate them, but asserted that this wasn't the case with his own work. 'People think it's soppy but it's really about a man realising he should be paying more attention to his wife,' he said. 'Is it about Diane? Well, we've been married nearly 50 years. I think our secret is laughing a lot.' Chris de Burgh is currently touring the UK and Ireland, before beginning a tour of Australia and a string of shows in Germany, a country he said is 'huge' for him.
