Moore Street area's designation as national monument overturned by Court of Appeal

Updated: A declaration that buildings and sites on and around Dublin's Moore Street are a 1916 Rising battlefield site comprising a national monument has been overturned by the Court of Appeal.

The High Court had no jurisdiction under Section 2 of the National Monuments Act to declare the buildings and site are a "national" monument because that is ultimately a "political and policy choice", the three judge court ruled.