Mary Lou Mc Donald: ‘’This is Moore Street, the heartbeat of Dublin City, a place of history.’’
Mairead Kenny: Janice Boylan, Councillor, Runner-up in the 2026 Dublin Central Bye-Election here.
Janice Boylan: I'm really so grateful that I got to meet so many of you during this election campaign. You've shared your stories with me, your frustrations, your struggles, and your anger with this government, but also your unshakeable hope for something better.
Mairead Kenny: Historic Significance of Moore Street. Moore Street is where the GPO garrison retreated at the end of Easter Week 1916. The leaders met in No. 16 Moore street and decided to surrender to avoid further civilian casualties. Numbers 14–17 are a National Monument owned by the Irish government (though restoration has been delayed).The surrounding area also has a long tradition as a vibrant street market.
Janice Boylan: ‘’Moore Street, it's much more than bricks and mortar for me. This place is home to me. Moore street means so so much for me, the buildings, the people, the traders. I will fight tooth and nail to make sure that this is developed the way that it should be and that the businesses and the traders can thrive.’’
Stephen Troy: The conditions we've been left in here in Moore Street by the current government, we've had a decade of neglect despite funds being allocated for the national monument to be restored since 2015.
Janice Boylan: Dublin's inner-city communities are proud and resilient and once again, and not by accident, they are being let down by this disastrous Fine Gael and Fianna Fail (coalition) government.
Mairead Kenny: Moore Street Preservation Trust, 1916 battle sites. Current Status, there are ongoing legal and political battles over redevelopment plans. Moore Street Preservation Trust, the Trust continues to lobby the Irish government to purchase the site and implement their vision instead of the Hammerson developer-led proposals. The Trust has been active for over 20 years in this campaign and remains a central voice in efforts to honor Ireland’s revolutionary history in the heart of Dublin Central.
Ian Noel Smyth: ‘’Winning isn’t necessarily everything, because you get the opportunity to run. It is an honor to run, you get to say what you think, and it gets out there into the public domain. It makes other things change. Winning is fantastic, it isn't everything. That's part of the reason I've ran a few times I have; it took Paschal (Donohoe).
Mairead Kenny: If it doesn't happen this time, it could happen the next time. It's important to keep going.
Ian Noel Smyth: ‘’It took Paschal a few times to get elected.
Continued in the Transcript.
MOORE STREET—THE LONG WAR By Mícheál Mac Donncha https://historyireland.com/moore-street-the-long-war/
18 Sept 2024 Permission granted for controversial Moore Street development at https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/0918/1470723-moore-street-planning/
An Bord Pleanála has granted permission for a controversial development between Moore Street and O'Connell Street in Dublin city centre. UK property group Hammerson made three applications for a mixed retail, office and residential scheme. This was approved by Dublin City Council in January 2022.
Several groups, including the Moore Street Preservation Trust and the 1916 Rising Relatives Association, local businesses and Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald, appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála here.
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