All Hallows on market for £11m after returning Kennedy letters

ALL HALLOWS College in Dublin has instructed the American multinational commercial property company, CBRE, to oversee the sale of its campus, writes Sarah Mac Donald.

Offers in the region of  €14 million (£11m) are being sought for the 16.5-acre campus and the president of the college, Fr Patrick McDevitt, has said it would welcome selling to an educational institute which would allow All Hallows to remain on site as a tenant. This would, the college president added, enable All Hallows to maintain a scaled-down mission.

The 170-year-old college, set up by the Vincentian order, said it was closing due to financial pressures. The college hit the headlines when it announced it was selling correspondence between former United States First Lady, Jackie Kennedy, and Fr Joseph Leonard. But it pulled back from the sale and soon after announced it was closing. The letters have been returned to the Kennedys.