Are there any other properties in the area that might face similar ownership complications? a councillor asked at a recent meeting when the case came up.
"We comply with the statutory requirements in maintaining a register, and there is no requirement to have it up online," City Planner Emer Uí Fhátharta said at a meeting last week.
In both cases, councillors pushed changes to the planned variations that they said were meant to force the construction of not only housing, but other infrastructure there too.
Intel has a plant in Leixlip, and another in Israel. It's a major employer and taxpayer in Ireland, where its executives meet pretty regularly with senior government figures.
The council rejected a planning application for the base, but that hasn't stopped the company, which says it is still flying and "considering the next steps available to us".
The council increased fees at a car park near the station, and some councillors worried it'd push people to drive into town instead of commuting by train.
Though promised as part of the Bellevue apartment complex, it was never opened – and then the owner applied for permission to turn it into more apartments instead.
