EASTER RISING 1916 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - MOORE STREET PROTEST
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EASTER RISING 1916 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - MOORE STREET PROTEST
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EASTER RISING 1916 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - MOORE STREET PROTEST
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EASTER RISING 1916 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - MOORE STREET PROTEST
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EASTER RISING 1916 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY - MOORE STREET PROTEST
Moore Street was one of seven sites chosen for simultaneous wreath-laying ceremonies at 1.15pm, to mark the first shots from the GPO on Easter Monday however protesters heckled Heather Humphreys a government minister. Shouts of “shame on you” and “out, out, out” came from the crowd as Ms Humphreys laid a wreath.
Ms Humphreys has recently been criticised over her department’s stance on the protection of buildings linked to the Rising on Moore Street.
Numbers 14-17 had been designated a national monument but the High Court earlier this month ruled the protection should be extended to numbers 13-19 as the properties were a battlefield site. The Minister argued only one terrace at 14-17 Moore Street, including No 16 where some of the leaders met for the last time before their execution was a national monument. Her department had argued the other buildings were “not historically important”.
Ms Humphreys has recently been criticised over her department’s stance on the protection of buildings linked to the Rising on Moore Street.
Numbers 14-17 had been designated a national monument but the High Court earlier this month ruled the protection should be extended to numbers 13-19 as the properties were a battlefield site. The Minister argued only one terrace at 14-17 Moore Street, including No 16 where some of the leaders met for the last time before their execution was a national monument. Her department had argued the other buildings were “not historically important”.