High Court judge to visit buildings in Rising case
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A judge of the High Court has agreed he will inspect the historic buildings at the centre of a high-profile case to be brought against the State next week.
The 1916 Relatives Association is seeking to have a number of buildings on Moore St and Moore Lane in Dublin recognised as national monuments and protected from demolition due to their role in the 1916 Easter Rising.
The subject of the challenge is the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.
Michael McDowell SC, for the State, told the court that some of the buildings named in the case were built long after the Rising and others were left in rubble by the rebellion and later rebuilt.
He also urged the judge to visit the site in question.
Mr Justice Max Barrett agreed that he would visit the buildings before he begins hearing the action next Tuesday.
However, Conleth Bradley SC for the Relatives Association has already said it will hotly contest the State’s claims about the buildings.
Numbers 14 to 17 on Moore St have already been designated as national monuments and the Relatives Association believes the designation should extend to the buildings at numbers 13, 18 and 19.
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