Enda Walsh / Brutal Dublin

Irish Times Off Topic

Enda Walsh, one of Ireland's best-loved contemporary playwrights, pops in to talk about the unexpected new form his contemporary opera, The Last Hotel, has taken: the critically acclaimed dark drama has been filmed and will be televised next week on Sky Arts. Also in studio is Phil Edgar-Jones, Director of Sky Arts, talking about the challenges of commercial arts television programming. In part two: for most a nightmare in glass and concrete, Hawkins House, familiar to anyone familiar with Dublin city centre, won't be missed when it is demolished. But what about the other brutal 'concrete monstrosities' between Pearse Street and the Liffey's south bank? Hugh takes a stroll with architectural historian Dr Ellen Rowley to see if they can be rehabilitated.