Planning permission has been granted for a new cinema in Dublin city centre.
The two-screen theatre will be located on Dawson Street, on the lower ground floor beside the Ivy restaurant.
It will be the first cinema in Ireland operated by the UK-based Everyman group.
The chain operates upmarket cinemas, focusing on arthouse films and ‘event’ screenings (such as live opera and theatre broadcasts).
As of September, Everyman had 28 sites across the UK.
Their Dublin location will become the third arthouse cinema in the city, after the Irish Film Institute (IFI) in Temple Bar and Light House in Smithfield.
The new Everyman location in Dublin will have a bar and dining area, as well as two small screens - one with 72 seats, and another with 51 seats.
Nice cultural boost on the way for Dawson Street. The planning green light has been given for a new 2-screen cinema in the basement of the recently revamped One Molesworth Street building. #BetterDublin pic.twitter.com/i0Ut2R9nUd
— Dublin Chamber (@DubCham) November 6, 2019
Following their application earlier this year, the Green REIT property company has been granted permission to proceed with the development by Dublin City Council.
Planners had previously sought additional information about the acoustics of the new development, but the applicant is said to have "demonstrated how they would mitigate against background noise from the cinema".
Ultimately, planners concluded: "Whilst the loss of the basement retail floor space is regrettable it would not merit refusal of the application in this instance when considered against planning policy."
