Decade of Centenaries

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Sinn Féin TDs call on government to help save Markievicz Cottage

August 26, 2019 by Seán Crowe TD

Sinn Féin TDs Seán Crowe and Aengus Ó Snodaigh have called on the government and Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council to intervene to save, preserve, and possibly restore Countess Markievicz’s summer cottage in Ticknock, County Dublin. The cottage, just off the Blackglen Road, was originally owned by Constance Markievicz and her husband Count Casimir Markievicz and […]

Minister’s Smiles Hide Huge Gaps in Moore Street 1916 Plans

November 12, 2015 by Seán Crowe TD

Responding to the Moore Street plan announced by Minister Heather Humphreys, Dublin South West Sinn Féin TD, Seán Crowe, described the proposals as minimalist, lacking vision, and an embarrassing cobbled together bunch of ideas that fails to protect and enhance the 1916 monument and battlefield site. Deputy Seán Crowe said: “While it is welcome that the […]