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An expert group is being tasked with revamping the Moore Street market

Minister to push ahead with plans to get Moore Street market back 'to its former glory'

Minister Josepha Madigan wants Moore Street to be a ‘heritage hub’ in the capital city.

MOORE STREET IN Dublin has “huge potential” to become a “cultural and heritage hub” in the capital, according to report by the Moore Street Advisory Group (MSAG).

Culture Minister Josepha Madigan is understood to be pushing ahead with the report’s recommendations which will “restore Moore Street to its former glory”. 

Madigan asked the Cabinet this week to note the recommendations and has written to Dublin City Council asking it to establish an expert group to look at ways to create a “more vibrant street market in the area”. 

The group will be tasked with “breathing new life” into the area, after street traders have pleaded with authorities to sort out the “intolerable level” of anti-social behaviour and dilapidation of the street.

The advisory group was set up by the government in 2017 to achieve consensus between stakeholders, including the owners of the Dublin Central Site, Hammerson, as well as the council, the traders and the family of the 1916 relatives, on the future of the area.

The advisory group previously welcomed Hammerson’s revised development plans for the site which stretches from O’Connell to Moore Street.

However it issued a stark warning regarding the future of the famous Moore Street market, saying a lack of basic facilities and anti-social activities on the street has pushed the 200-year-old market to the brink of collapse.

“The Moore Street market is facing an existential crisis,” it said.

It is understood that the minister is keen to get the area up and running as a national monument, with potential for a visitor centre, a children of 1916 exhibition, a reception centre for visitors, and a display of suitable 1916 artefacts from the National Museum.

The Moore Street area has been embroiled in controversy over the years due to plans to redevelop the area. Court cases have also taken place as to what buildings should be designated as national monuments.

The report also recommended that a reconfigured advisory group should be established, noting that a consensus between all stakeholders appears to have been reached in relation to being respectful and sensitive to the street’s history.

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    Mute The digenous
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    Oct 17th 2019, 9:19 AM

    I loved Moore Street when I was a child..I wouldn’t walk down it now.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 2:17 PM

    @The digenous: yea it’s changed a lot.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 9:20 AM

    Moore Street markets are a huge part of Dublin history so they should be saved. Every othe Capital around the world has market area’s that are tourist attractions and successful so Why can’t Dublin.

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    Mute Luke Skinnader
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    Oct 17th 2019, 11:30 AM

    @Mick McGuinness: Unfortunately Dubs aren’t as charismatic as locals in capital city markets across the globe. Ship down a few Donegal men and we’d be getting somewhere

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    Oct 17th 2019, 12:22 PM

    @Luke Skinnader: go to the liberty market in Dublin and see the charisma. You sound like a globe trotter but I’d say you’ve been to Costa del sol and back

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    Oct 17th 2019, 12:36 PM

    @Caoimhín O Neill: I’ll check it out, once I get back from my travels in the Canaries

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    Oct 17th 2019, 12:54 PM

    @Luke Skinnader: you don’t know the Dublin I know then.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 6:05 PM

    @Mick McGuinness: The thing with Moore st was it was one of the best places for locals to buy fruit and veg. There aren’t many supermarkets in the area considering the population, and imagine before the lidl anf aldi were there! Also you’re usually not using a car when you live in the city centre so it’s really handy to have stalls to just swing by. I don’t know why everything has to be a tourist attraction to have value…

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    Oct 17th 2019, 10:10 PM

    @Luke Skinnader: suicide a pastime where your from !

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    Oct 18th 2019, 3:20 AM

    @Deborah Blacoe: obviously not, he is from letterkenny, and when he say back from the canaries he means when his ma and da call him in out of the fields, wouldnt have a clue what dublin is like, i agree moore street shoukd be saved, but if you want to experience real inner city Dublin then go to the Liberties, Vist the shops on Meath Street and Thomas Street and see if there lacking charisma!

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    Oct 17th 2019, 9:56 AM

    Too many roma gypsies hanging around Moore street drinking cans, I dont feel safe walking down it anymore.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 10:53 AM

    @Paul Moran: walk down early on a Sunday morning and see for yourself what gangs are hanging about. They ain’t Irish

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    Oct 17th 2019, 11:10 AM

    @Paul Moran: That’s a very accurate description of the area!

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    Oct 17th 2019, 4:29 PM

    @Tish: I said this earlier and my post was taken down ?? Funny censorship at the journal as per usual ..but I totally agree with you here

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    Oct 17th 2019, 5:10 PM

    @Ronan Dunne: If you go into the ilac centre all the roma gypsy women take up all the seats and all the young men take up all the tables in Debenhams restaurant (balcony area)

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    Oct 17th 2019, 10:07 AM

    Moore St market was never that great and its not worth saving. Redevelop the Smithfield market that recently closed into a proper market and forget about Moore St. We used to buy fruit and veg in Moore St, more often than not youd’d get home to find the sellers had thrown a few rotten pieces of fruit into the bag: it was always a rip off. The historical significance of Moore Sg should not be forgotten though, maybe it could be refurbished with that in mind

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    Oct 17th 2019, 3:01 PM

    @Conoroconnor: Smithfield begins on the North West side of Chuch Street, the Victorian Fruit and Vegetable Market is not in Smithfield.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 6:08 PM

    @Conoroconnor: I was going there into the 2010s and it was fine, even the strawberries were nice. It’s really handy when you just need a few things. I do think some of them were mainly making money off tobacco though which I don’t approve of.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 9:47 AM

    Why bother? The Moore Street Market belongs to the past.

    It’s not economically viable. It’ll become a money pit of subsidies. For what? Nostalgia?

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    Oct 17th 2019, 6:08 PM

    @Chin Feeyin: what subsidies?

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    Oct 17th 2019, 10:17 AM

    Cigarettes…. Tobacco. Want cigarettes bud ?

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    Oct 17th 2019, 10:13 AM

    Forget about the market. It’s all Aldi & Lidl now.
    Cultural heritage area only.
    That will also hopefully get shut of the lowlifes who frequent.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 4:15 PM

    @John Deed: The vegetables in those multi-national stores are full of chemicals and tasteless. Support small shops, there are great little Irish, Asian and East European shops where you can buy good wholesome food. Food is not cheap if it ruins your health.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 9:22 AM

    most big European cities have at least one focal market that draws in the tourists. Dublin lacks that.

    the north cbd badly needs a new addition. Whenever I have visitors to Dublin more of the attractions are south cbd.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 9:37 AM

    @Connor Saváge: I wouldn’t say south – I mean they’re just over the river so I’d say they’re all city centre. It’s not a big city.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 6:12 PM

    @Connor Saváge: phoenix park, st michans, hugh lane, most of the nice and affordable cafes that you can sit in without feeling rushed. Henrietta st is the most beautiful in Dublin. The law school at the top of it. Basin park.

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    Oct 17th 2019, 11:44 AM

    “Former glory” is that a joke or sarcasm?

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    Oct 17th 2019, 10:48 AM

    Selling veg wouldn’t get you the price of a pint in dublin

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    Oct 17th 2019, 3:22 PM

    Former glory…???????

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    Oct 17th 2019, 12:45 PM

    That’s Moore street gone one FG get involved ….

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    Oct 17th 2019, 12:45 PM

    That’s Moore street gone one FG get involved

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    Oct 17th 2019, 9:47 PM

    Is there anything to be said for another co-living project? FG should stick to what they are good at…

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