City Council votes to list Moore Street buildings as protected structures

Dublin City Council has voted to list 10-25 Moore Street as protected structures following a vote at last night’s Dublin City Council meeting.

Tabled by Sinn Fein councillor Michael Mac Donnacha, the motion was unanimously supported by councillors.

“Tonight’s vote is hugely significant. The terrace 10-25 Moore Street is one of the most important historic sites in Ireland,” says Mac Donncha.

“While Numbers 14-17 are protected as a National Monument, other buildings on the terrace are under threat from the plans of the property developer Hammerson.

“This vote begins the process of assessment towards listing them and as such they are now legally protected.

“Once again the elected members of Dublin City Council have voted to recognise and protect the 1916 Rising heritage of the Moore Street battlefield site and signalled our desire for this to be central to all proposed developments on this site.”

The agreed motion read: “That this City Council, in relation to the Hammerson application for the development of the Dublin Central site that includes the demolition of 1916 buildings, structures and fabric on Moore Street, calls for the completion of the stalled process to add five buildings on the site to the record of protected structures as agreed by this council; we further call for the terrace 10-25 Moore Street to be added to the record of protected structures as a matter of urgency so that a full assessment of all 1916 buildings, carried out by suitably qualified independent experts, can be made available.”