[12] The new development saw 36 Georgian houses demolished, despite preservation orders and resistance from groups including An Taisce and the Arts Council.

[7] The order then began buying up more Georgian properties on the south side of the street.

[12] The Mater invited an inspection of the three Georgian houses by Dublin Corporation in February 1988, when they were deemed dangerous.

The houses were occupied by the group Students Against the Destruction of Dublin, and legal proceedings ultimately led to them vacating to allow the demolition to go ahead.

The legal case revealed that the Mater Hospital Pools had funded the purchase of 28 of the houses on the south side of the street.