Save our site: 1916 spot under threat

Sinn Féin will launch a bid next week to save the Dublin site where the leaders of the 1916 Rising spent their final few hours of freedom before surrendering.

Save our site: 1916 spot under threat

The party was joined by the descendants of the Rising’s leaders yesterday where the proposed bill to preserve and restore the battlefield site in and around Moore St was announced.

Gerry Adams said his party has support from 50 opposition TDs for the bill, and he called on the Coalition to let it pass through the Dáil.

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