Planner says Spike is pivotal to O'Connell Street

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Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2000 / December 28 2000: Planner says Spike is pivotal to O'Connell Street

Noel Dempsey's decision to sanction the Monument of Light was made despite public objections. One in eight objectors considered the idea either laughable or an insult.Three-quarters of the submissions received from members of the public strongly objected to Dublin Corporation's plan to erect a 120 m stainless steel needle on the site of Nelson Pillar in O'Connell Street, according to the planning inspector who dealt with the case.But Mr Eoghan Brangan, senior planning adviser to the Minister for the Environment, Mr Dempsey, recommended it should go ahead as a pivotal element in the reordering of O'Connell Street, which includes the creation of a granite "plaza" in front of the GPO.

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