Walford has long been a fitting monument to the careening nature of the Irish economy. At the height of the boom, the Shrewsbury Road pile became the most expensive property in the country when it was acquired for a record €58 million by Carlow born developer Sean Dunne and then put in trust for his wife Gayle Killilea. Once described as being in of the ‘Arts and Crafts’ counter industrial revolution architectural movement, it is set to be developed. And, for much of the past five years, it has been central to a string of legal actions. In February, for…

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