1916 relatives group to meet with Nama

Relatives of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation are to meet this week with the board of Nama to discuss plans to partially…

Relatives of the signatories of the 1916 Proclamation are to meet this week with the board of Nama to discuss plans to partially demolish buildings on Moore Lane that were occupied by the leaders of the Easter Rising.

Members of the Connolly, Clarke, Ceannt, MacDonagh and Plunkett families will meet with Nama chairman Frank Daly and chief executive Brendan MacDonagh on Thursday.

Developer Joe O’Reilly was granted permission last year for a development to include retail and residential units, restaurants and car spaces. A number of Mr O'Reilly's business loans were scheduled for transfer to Nama.

The group sought a meeting with Nama to express their opposition to Mr O'Reilly being facilitated "in any way" by the agency to proceed with his 800,000sq ft development scheme.

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The scheme, which was granted planning permission last March by An Bord Pleanála, encompasses an area of 2.7 hectares.

The so-called Carlton Cinema site includes a number of protected structures including number 16 Moore Street where the self-declared members of the provisional Irish Government held their final council of war in 1916.

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Éanna Ó Caollaí

Éanna Ó Caollaí

Iriseoir agus Eagarthóir Gaeilge An Irish Times. Éanna Ó Caollaí is The Irish Times' Irish Language Editor, editor of The Irish Times Student Hub, and Education Supplements editor.