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Thu 06 Jun 2004Synagogue plan off to appeals boardA plan by Terenure Hebrew Congregation to build a replacement synagogue and an apartment development at Rathfarnham Road, Dublin 6W has been challenged by two local residents. Edel Morgan reports.Dublin City Council granted permission for the new 292-seat synagogue, large enough to house the two Orthodox Jewish congregations which amalgamated several years ago. It also approved a development of 26 apartments in three blocks - reduced in a planning condition from 35.