Along with a number of other buildings on the campus, it is included in Dublin City Council's Record of Protected Structures (Ref.

By September 1959, a 25-acre area of land on the Stillorgan road in Donnybrook became the favoured site for the new television production centre.

On 3 October 1960, the new Radio Éireann Authority signed a £500,000 contract for the construction of the television centre and offices at the proposed location.

The contract was awarded to Messrs. E. Stone & Sons Ltd. from Thorncastle street in Dublin, one of four firms invited to tender.

At the beginning of "The Troubles" in Northern Ireland, a bomb damaged the front of the building early on the morning of 5 August 1969.

[3][4] The Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF) claimed responsibility, this being the first bomb that they had ever planted in the Republic of Ireland.

[5] The bombing took place during the protest campaign by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association but before the 1969 riots.

Programmes recorded or transmitted included: 728 sq ft (67.6 m2) RTÉ's main television news bulletins are aired from Studio 3.

[9] Programmes broadcast from the studio include Prime Time, [10]The Sunday Game, Soccer Republic, Against the Head, as well as RTÉ's coverage of the FIFA World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA European Championship and Six Nations Championship.