Work starts on €1.2bn centre ahead of 1916 monument appeal

DUBLIN City Council has been accused of flouting its own planning regulations by allowing work to begin on a major shopping centre within metres of a national monument linked to the 1916 Rising.

Preparatory construction work has, this week, begun at the site on Dublin’s Moore Street.

The development has been the focus of a long-running campaign by conservation groups supported by several of the families of the 1916 leaders.