Minister Jimmy Deenihan’s decision to refuse to consent to development within the protected boundary of the 1916 National Monument, Moore Street/Moore Lane raises serious planning issues that need to be addressed in the public interest before consideration is given to any new application to develop this historic area.

A committee has recommended that any works on the National Monument site at Moore Street in Dublin be stopped until a more appropriate setting for the buildings is proposed.

After watching the debate on the Moore Street motion on my computer, and hearing references to American historic sites and our historic preservation efforts, I felt I had to write to encourage Ireland to preserve the important battleground of her nationhood, Moore Street.

A MEDIEVAL flashmob organised to highlight Cork’s origins as a town founded by Norwegian Vikings in 915AD was among the highlights of the city’s annual Heritage Day which took place on Saturday.

ARE you a techno fan and do you feel like taking part in a flash mob in Cork city?

SINN FÉIN leader Gerry Adams told voters in Cork yesterday “there has never been a more necessary time for genuine republican politics” in Ireland as he accused Fianna Fáil leadership “of re-colonising this part of the country”.

President Mary McAleese today travels to Norway for a three-day state visit.

Islamic hard-liners in Indonesia broke up a religious tolerance rally today, beating demonstrators with bamboo sticks and calling for the deaths of members of a Muslim sect they consider heretical, witnesses said.

THE 1916 Rising was commemorated with ceremonies in Mallow yesterday.

THE opening of the Kinsale Road roundabout months ahead of schedule has again provoked business leaders to ask why a relatively minor city-centre project will take another 18 months to complete.