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To: An Taoiseach
Protect Our Revolutionary History - Make the GPO a National Monument not a Shopping Centre
The GPO is the epicentre of our revolutionary history. Recent proposals to turn it into a mixed used space with shops and office space in it make a mockery of our past.
We are calling on the Irish government to reverse plans to redevelop the GPO.
Instead of shopping and retail space we want to see investment in the GPO - enhancing it as a space for heritage, history and culture while preserving a working post office.
The history of the 1916 rising and revolutionary period should be celebrated and presented far more prominently on the main street of our capital city. Investment in enhancing the museum and cultural aspect of the GPO should sit with the development of the Women of the Revolution statue that is being commissioned by DCC outside the GPO.
We are calling on the Irish government to reverse plans to redevelop the GPO.
Instead of shopping and retail space we want to see investment in the GPO - enhancing it as a space for heritage, history and culture while preserving a working post office.
The history of the 1916 rising and revolutionary period should be celebrated and presented far more prominently on the main street of our capital city. Investment in enhancing the museum and cultural aspect of the GPO should sit with the development of the Women of the Revolution statue that is being commissioned by DCC outside the GPO.
Why is this important?
The GPO is the most important historical site in the City of Dublin, the centre of a rebellion that marked the start of the Irish revolutionary period.
The Rising was globally significant, preceding a wave of revolution against war and empire across Europe.
We can not allow the government dilute or bury our revolutionary past. We can not allow soulless corporate retailers or anyone else destroy such an important space in our City - people power can stop them!
The Rising was globally significant, preceding a wave of revolution against war and empire across Europe.
We can not allow the government dilute or bury our revolutionary past. We can not allow soulless corporate retailers or anyone else destroy such an important space in our City - people power can stop them!