Harry Crosbie, (born 1945 or 1946) is an Irish property developer and entrepreneur from the Dublin suburb of Drumcondra.
[19][20] He had plans to lift it from the Liffey onto the quayside but was unable to reach agreement on a dry land location with the local authority.
He had work done on the ship anyway, removing engines and asbestos, with a view to opening a cafe inside it, and stated that over half a million euro had been spent on the project.
[21][22] The Dublin Docklands Development Authority & Joe O'Reilly built a large theatre on the Grand Canal Docks south of the Point, commissioning Daniel Libeskind to design it.
[15] Crosbie planned a multi-element development north of the Point Theatre, to include a hotel (now the Gibson), a shopping centre, apartments, office space, the 39-storey "Watchtower" which was to be the tallest building in Ireland, a "U2 Experience", a ferris wheel and a sculpture.