Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

When in government, Fianna Fáil could have issued a compulsory purchase order and acquired Moore Street and the surrounding historic lanes from NAMA. The current Government could, if it wanted, do exactly the same. However this is not happening. Instead, a bankrupt private developer was allowed to let this priceless historic quarter descend into a state of abject disrepair and decay. One would have to wonder what it is the owner of Chartered Land has on all of these politicians, that they defer and succumb to his every wish and are prepared to commit cultural genocide in the process.

I call again on the Government to save Moore Street and develop it for and in the interest of all the people of Ireland. If we are genuine about remembering the Easter Rising, the women and men of 1916 deserve no less.