WHOLESALE TRADERS SET to leave Dublin’s historic Fruit & Vegetable Market ahead of its closure this Friday have been compensated in the region of €5 million by Dublin City Council, TheJournal.ie understands.
In order to carry out restoration works on the building, Dublin City Council requires vacant possession of the building. “The building must be vacated in order to carry out conservation work, upgrade facilities and deliver a modern food market,” a spokesperson told TheJournal.ie. Opened in 1892 to facilitate Dublin’s market traders, the council plans to advertise for expressions of interest in the coming months for the refurbishment and conversion of the Victorian redbrick building on the city’s northside into a retail and commercial space run by a private operator.