Fair City has been given the go ahead to relocate to a different part of RTÉ but the soap must abide by some new terms and conditions drawn up by Dublin City Council as part of RTÉ's recent land sale.
Last month it was announced that the Carrigstown set is due to be knocked down and replaced by a housing development after RTÉ completed the sale of land at its Donnybrook campus for €107 million.
The fictional Dublin suburb will be rebuilt on a new site nearby, but along with the move comes some terms and conditions.
Dublin City Council has announced that the popular soap can now only operate between 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday. Filming will also be cut back to 8am to 1pm on Saturdays.
The extended use of the set for two nights a week until 10pm will also be halted after three years to assess the impact of filming on local residents.
RTÉ submitted a planning application to Dublin City Council last month for the relocation of all eleven sets, including exteriors for McCoy's pub and the Hungry Pig, to an area currently used as a car park and for waste. DCC has also imposed restrictions as to when these new sets can be built.
The relocation has taken on a new urgency following the successful sale of just under nine acres of land, which includes the existing Fair City set, to Cairn Homes PLC for €107 million. The company says it plans to build 500 apartments and nine houses on the site.
RTÉ has reassured viewers that there will be no disruption to the broadcast of the show while the new set is under construction.
Back in 1989, when the soap first went on air, the exterior shots were filmed in Drumcondra on Dublin's Northside.
However, a purpose-built set was eventually constructed on the RTÉ campus in the mid '90s as the number of weekly episodes increased.
