Dublin City Council has stepped up its efforts to take control of the Iveagh Markets after plans were submitted for the building over the festive holidays.

The current owner of the building submitted a planning application, bringing the future of the markets in their current form into doubt.

The council is now beginning to take the necessary legal steps to take back control of the Markets.

Labour representative for Dublin South Central, Rebecca Moynihan said: "As we have leaned from the past, planning permission does not mean that development is imminent. There are only so many times the people of the Liberties can be lead down the garden path on the stop/never quite start nature of the development of the Iveagh Markets.

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"The Iveagh Markets have fallen into a serious state of dereliction. The building needs to be secured and made structurally sound as a matter of urgency. It is time for the City Council to step in and develop this site and bring it back into use as a fully functional market in line with the history of the area.

"There's a real need for market space over that area. Taking back and developing the Iveagh Markets will be a complete game changer for the Francis Street and Liberties area."

(CM/MH)