Despite a number of objections, Dublin city council is supporting plans to tear down the house of one of the 1916 leaders, Michael Joseph O’Rahilly.
105 apartments are planned for the site at Herbert Park in Ballsbridge as part of a 12-storey flat and apart-hotel development.
A number of resident's associations and heritage groups have opposed the plans.
An Bord Pleanála will make the final decision but according to the Irish Times the city council has recommended allowing it to go ahead.
Ian Lumley is from An Taisce, which is opposed to the plans. He says it's an important part of history that should be saved;
"We would expect that Dublin city council would be advocates and custodians of Dublin city's heritage, both historically and architecturally. This is portrayed as some sort of response to the housing crisis."
