1916 rebel site must be protected, says Fianna Fáil

The final HQ for the 1916 rebels in Dublin’s Moore St needs to be turned into the hub of a historic quarter, says Fianna Fáil.

After the Government finally moved to buy the dilapidated houses for €4m, Fianna Fáil said more imagination needed to be deployed in revamping them.

The party has brought forward a Dáil bill to set out how the site should be preserved. The plans would see it become part of an historic part of Dublin’s city centre in a similar way to how Temple Bar was turned into a cultural and tourist hub.