Moore Street demolition

[foxcommander]

One way to celebrate 1916

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/buildings-at-centre-of-moore-st-protest-not-historically-significant-1.2489475

[foxcommander]

Jesus - none of the usual suspects have one thing to say.


Can't stop progress eh?

Enda and co should go and take a commerative dump at the site to officially mark the start of 1916. Let's bury history forever.

http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/permission-given-for-sevenstorey-hotel-on-moore-street-rising-site-34349032.html

[Cunny Funt]

They didn't preserve wood quay it's surprising Moore street has avoided demolition for so long.

[Maguire01]

Are the protesters arguing that the buildings weren't in ruins prior to the rising? I'm not clear on what exactly they want to preserve.

[snoopdog]

Build it and they will come

[Denn Forever]

How many of the building were used during the planning of the rising and how many \were used during the rising?

Protect these and make them into a museum.

[seafoid]

Last of the bananas there love

[foxcommander]

Last of the bananas there love

Exactly - typical of the apathy shown by the people in the south.
Would far rather fly to las vegas, drape themselves in a tricolor and cheers on some arrogant "irish" ufc asshole who has no problem wearing a poppy.
or head to twickenham, sing along with god save the queen and stand to attention to "Irelands call" as the national anthem.

No wonder the brits ruled for so long.

[Maguire01]

Still not clear. Is the protest over buildings that didn't exist in 1916 or are the authorities wrong on this? Because if the authorities are right, then what's the point of the protest?

[ashman]

Last of the bananas there love

Exactly - typical of the apathy shown by the people in the south.
Would far rather fly to las vegas, drape themselves in a tricolor and cheers on some arrogant "irish" ufc asshole who has no problem wearing a poppy.
or head to twickenham, sing along with god save the queen and stand to attention to "Irelands call" as the national anthem.

No wonder the brits ruled for so long.

I"d say you are a proper hard Cnut .

[foxcommander]

Last of the bananas there love

Exactly - typical of the apathy shown by the people in the south.
Would far rather fly to las vegas, drape themselves in a tricolor and cheers on some arrogant "irish" ufc asshole who has no problem wearing a poppy.
or head to twickenham, sing along with god save the queen and stand to attention to "Irelands call" as the national anthem.

No wonder the brits ruled for so long.

I"d say you are a proper hard Cnut .

[Rossfan]

Last of the bananas there love

Exactly - typical of the apathy shown by the people in the south.
Would far rather fly to las vegas, drape themselves in a tricolor and cheers on some arrogant "irish" ufc asshole who has no problem wearing a poppy.
or head to twickenham, sing along with god save the queen and stand to attention to "Irelands call" as the national anthem.

No wonder the brits ruled for so long.

I"d say you are a proper hard Cnut .

A bigoted bolox more like.

[Maguire01]

Still not clear. Is the protest over buildings that didn't exist in 1916 or are the authorities wrong on this? Because if the authorities are right, then what's the point of the protest?

So, despite a majority here (albeit a small number) saying the buildings should be preserved, no one seems to be able to clarify what exactly they want to be preserved.

[foxcommander]

Good news - An injunction against any further demolition work has been put in place until a full hearing is held on February 2nd.

It's great that the minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (a language she can't even speak) is hell bent on destroying without even consulting. Read the below and you can smell the scaremongering. She should have just been honest and said they had plans for a 1.25 billion development and want this to go ahead otherwise the council will have to compensate the developers.



The statement said demolition of numbers 13 and 18 "is necessary to underpin the national monument, which is an old building built without proper foundations."

This will allow for the insertion of gables which the department said "are necessary" to safeguard the long-term stability of the national monument.

The statement also said Minister for Heritage Heather Humphries "is very disappointed that any group would attempt to delay these works and jeopardise the project.".

[Maguire01]

Good news - An injunction against any further demolition work has been put in place until a full hearing is held on February 2nd.

It's great that the minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (a language she can't even speak) is hell bent on destroying without even consulting. Read the below and you can smell the scaremongering. She should have just been honest and said they had plans for a 1.25 billion development and want this to go ahead otherwise the council will have to compensate the developers.



The statement said demolition of numbers 13 and 18 "is necessary to underpin the national monument, which is an old building built without proper foundations."

This will allow for the insertion of gables which the department said "are necessary" to safeguard the long-term stability of the national monument.

The statement also said Minister for Heritage Heather Humphries "is very disappointed that any group would attempt to delay these works and jeopardise the project.".

So, tell us the truth about numbers 13 and 18. Did they exist in their current form in 1916?