Having sat dormant for 18 years, a battle has broken out in recent weeks for a stake in the City Arts Centre on Dublin’s City Quay, which was put on the market in April by agent Savills on the behalf of receiver Ken Tyrell of PWC. Eight serious bids were made for the property, which opened in 1989 and was once a thriving multi-purpose arts centre – it even had a fully equipped rehearsal space for unsigned bands in the basement paid for by U2. But for the last two decades, the building has been derelict, covered in graffiti and…

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