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Thu 10 Oct 200726-storey tower planned for site in Dublin 8Manor Park Homebuilders has submitted a planning application for a scaled down version of the "mini-Manhattan" development it was refused permission for last year in Dublin's Digital Hub in Dublin 8.This time around the tallest building proposed for the development fronting Thomas Street West and Crane Street is 26 storeys - 20 storeys and 40 metres lower than the slender glazed tower proposed in the previous planning application which would have been the tallest building in the country.