Just beyond Newman House is Iveagh House, home to the Irish government's Department of Foreign Affairs, but closed to the public.
Iveagh House is not accessible to the public.
Gotta run now because the TV news has just started a story about the police apprehending Soccer Guy--this sidewalk bandit who distracted tourists by breaking into a soccer-ball-handling routine, then circling and bumping them until he'd pickpocketed their wallets.