1916 sites must be preserved

Chartered Land, the present owners of the Carlton site in Dublin, have now published their Ministerial Consent Application for proposed work to the National Monument at Moore Street/Moore Lane that honours the memory and sacrifice of the men and women of 1916.

The listed nature and extent of demolition in this application represents an unprecedented, unacceptable and appalling attack on a monument of national and international interest and importance that cannot be allowed stand unchallenged.

The plan to redraw the boundary of this national monument, invade its protected area and demolish protected structures directly linked to the 1916 Rising for no reason other than to satisfy commercial interest of a private property developer is startling. That the proposal brazenly ignores the protection afforded historic buildings under existing planning regulations and national monument legislation is a matter of the gravest concern.