Dublin City Council has said the demolition of a house where the leaders of the 1916 Rising surrendered is crucial for the rejuventation of the city centre.
However the National Graves Association, An Taisce and Dublin's Lord Mayor have all called for the house, number 16 Moore Street, to be preserved.
The house is the location where Padraig Pearse, a wounded James Connolly and other leaders of the Rising spent their last two days of freedom.
They had fought their way out of a blazing GPO, ran into a house in Moore Street and tried to smash their way through the walls of the terrace and escape.
On this day 87 years ago, they reached number 16 Moore Street but could go no further.
However the Council has said that while 1916 should be appropriately recognised, the building must go. It plans to demolish the house as part of a rejuvenation project which would allow Moore Street be connected to O'Connell Street.
Conservationists and local represenatives are calling for a Millenium Mall on the site to be ammeneded and the building saved.
The fate of 16 Moore Street is not sealed just yet, as the Council still has not secured control of the site and further planning permission is required.
