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Emmet site may be sold to developers

Archiseek / Ireland / News / 2003 / April 26 2003: Emmet site may be sold to developers

On the 200th anniversary of the death of Robert Emmet, Dublin City Council is to sell off a landmark site in Kilmainham which was earmarked for a monument to the hanged patriot. An Taisce has condemned the council's decision to sell the site on the junction of Emmet Road and the South Circular Road for residential development, saying it breaches the council's plans for a heritage centre. It accused the council of "subjugating heritage to private gain" and said it was ironic the site was being sold on the bicentenary of Emmet's death.

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