Dublin City Councillors last night voted unanimously to add key buildings on Moore Street, associated with the 1916 Rising, to the Record of Protected Structures.
Sinn Fein Councillor Mícheál Mac Donncha, who is Secretary of the Moore Street Preservation Trust, welcomed the vote and said it is “highly significant”.
“Dublin City Council has now given full protection to Numbers 10 and 20/21 Moore Street and partial protection to other important buildings,” he said.
“While we would wish to go further in fully protecting the whole terrace 10-25 Moore Street which was occupied by the Volunteers in 1916, tonight’s vote is highly significant and welcome.
“The Councillors and the Executive of Dublin City Council have totally rejected the claim by the developer Hammerson that it would be ‘inappropriate and unlawful’ for us to protect these structures.
“This has been a red letter day for the campaign to protect, conserve and sensitively re-develop Moore Street as a vibrant historic and cultural and trading quarter of our capital city.
“As I stated at tonight’s meeting, all of this also highlights the unacceptability of An Bórd Pleanála’s decision not to grant an oral hearing on the appeals against the grants of permissions to Hammerson for their Moore Street plans.”