Sir, – Allow me to clarify some matters of importance raised by Una Mullally in her otherwise excellent article on Chartered Land's planned demolition of the Moore Street Paris Bakery ("Development takes Moore Street site from baking dough to making dough", Opinion & Analysis, February 17th).
While it is correct to say that Dublin City Council did approve demolition in 1989, its policy now is that national monument protection should be extended to all of the buildings along the 1916 terrace of houses in Moore Street (numbers 10 to 25).
Nama’s remit is not confined to numbers 14 to 17.
The entire Dublin Central site is now under the financial control of Nama.
Approval has not been granted by Dublin City Council or An Bord Pleanála for the demolition of numbers 18 & 19 (The Paris Bakery). Approval for their demolition is only now being sought by way of ministerial consent as buildings “in proximity to the national monument” – a requirement of national monument legislation.
While James Connolly did, of course, surrender in Moore Street he did so in agreement with fellow members of the 1916 Provisional Government of the Irish Republic. – Yours, etc,
JAMES CONNOLLY
HERON,
The Save16
Moore Street Committee,
The Pearse Family Home,
Pearse Street, Dublin 2.