What have we come to

Ken.

Relatives of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation are to meet this week with the board of Nama to discuss plans to partially demolish buildings on Moore Lane that were occupied by the leaders of the Easter Rising.
Members of the Connolly, Clarke, Ceannt, MacDonagh and Plunkett families will meet with Nama chairman Frank Daly and chief executive Brendan MacDonagh on Thursday.
Developer Joe O’Reilly was granted permission last year for a development to include retail and residential units, restaurants and car spaces. A number of Mr O'Reilly's business loans were scheduled for transfer to Nama.
The group sought a meeting with Nama to express their opposition to Mr O'Reilly being facilitated "in any way" by the agency to proceed with his 800,000sq ft development scheme.
The scheme, which was granted planning permission last March by An Bord Pleanála, encompasses an area of 2.7 hectares.
The so-called Carlton Cinema site includes a number of protected structures including number 16 Moore Street where the self-declared members of the provisional Irish Government held their final council of war in 1916.

knird evol

Do you think Connolly, Clarke etc would give a flying **** about some decrepit auld building they holed up in before being captured by the brits.
They might have been more troubled if they could see the state of our democracy and economy, a hundred years on.

red menace

What do you think OP?
Other than a subject that seems to imply opposition to the move?

Sykk

What is this I don't even

Pauleta

There are way too many of these random buildings protected. We have to put an end to it before the whole country is stuck in the dark ages. I think only buildings of architectrial importance should be saved. The likes of Leinster House, Dublin Castle etc are beautiful buildings but if its not a great addition to the country i dont care if Santa Clause was born there, knock the mo-fo down. We all be living in mudhouses if it was up to a lot of these groups.

Jimmy the Wheel

The destroying of the place where the revolutionaries made their last stand, is probably a good metaphor for the current destruction of the Republic.

BASHIR

Why dont they knock it down and put up a nice statue with a placard depicting what used to be on this site and of why it was of importance in our history ,they could put the statue in the building or outside it whatever really, far sight nicer than whats there now.

Alter-Ego

I'd like to see some restoration work done. Clean the area up a bit and have any new buildings designed to be sympathetic to the current buildings. A temple bar kinda vibe.

But on the other hand, that lane is a kip and very dodge.

ScumLord

Bit vague, it may, or may not be good, or bad, depending.

Gummy Panda

Pull them down.

The ****ty Chinese phone shops or African hairdressers aren't exactly keeping the historical vibe at the moment

starbelgrade

Not sure these boys will be too happy about it...


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