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Labour has welcomed An Bord Pleanala's (ABP) decision to reject the proposed development in St Paul's Cemetary in Glasnevin.
Spokesperson for Urban Regeneration Joe Costello said it was "unconscionable that Dublin City Council granted permission for this development in November 2017".
The plans included a chapel, a service block, 74 parking spaces and reflective pools on the lands where thousands of people, mainly children, were buried during Famine times and in later decades,
He said: "While the Glasnevin Trust had since bowed to public pressure to withdraw the proposal to build over the children’s graves, the planning permission would have remained in tact for up to five years and the proposal could have been renewed at any time.
"Thanks to the vigilance of Alan Harmon, the Bord Pleanala decision means that this cannot now happen.
"It was a total aberration to ever consider building a church and car-park on this burial site.
"The Glasnevin Trust which sponsored the project should landscape the site and establish it as an Angel’s Plot to commemorate the thousands of the poor children of Dublin who are buried there."
(CD)
