The Moore Street Battlefield Site plan aims to preserve and develop the historic quarter in Dublin, according to Sinn Féin.

Councillor Críona Ní Dhálaigh said the plan offers an alternative vision for the area instead of demolishing buildings and developing a shopping centre.

She said: "I am delighted to launch this Plan which demonstrates clearly that the choice in Moore Street and the Battlefield Site today is NOT between the current neglect and dereliction of the area and a giant shopping mall that would involve the destruction of the battlefield site.

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"No, there is another way. We can preserve and protect the entire 1916 terrace 10-25 Moore Street and the lanes of history and we can create a cultural and historical quarter with a thriving street trading and commercial life.

"This Plan offers a vision of how such a quarter might look. It is not by any means exclusive of other plans or visions. It is not a detailed blueprint. But it does draw together the history of the battlefield site, describes it in detail, tells the story of the campaign to preserve it and offers a view on how it might be preserved and developed sensitively."

(CD)