Appeals have been lodged against a grant of permission for the proposed redevelopment of an old cinema in Co Kerry by Cillian Murphy and his artist wife, Yvonne McGuinness.
Kerry County Council last month approved the Dingle town centre project, which proposes retaining a cinema and creating exhibition areas and residential spaces for artists.
The old Phoenix cinema opened in 1919 but closed in 2021 during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Murphy and McGuinness confirmed they had purchased the site in late 2024, with the Oscar-winning actor saying he attended the Phoenix during summer holidays when he was a boy.
“My dad saw movies there when he was a young man before me, and we’ve watched…