COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

MOTION NO. 3

MOTION: Councillor D. O'Brien

"That this Area Committee calls on SDCC as part of the Lucan village upgrade that a lasting monument to the people that died in 1916 be part of the program." 

REPORT:

South Dublin County's Centenary Programme was offically launched on the 2nd December 2015 in County Hall, Tallaght in asscociation with the Ireland 2016 Project Team. The Commeorations Programme was presented to and approved by the elected members at the Council Meeting held in October 2015. 

At the centre of South Dublin’s centenary programme is a legacy project which proposes the development of a new civic plaza located at the corner of St. Enda’s Park and the historic Pearse Museum in Rathfarnham. The project is on display for public consultation until the 10th February 2016. A link to all the documentation is available at http://www.sdublincoco.ie/index.aspx?pageid=939&pid=34044

Within the programme there are a number of events scheduled to take place in the Lucan/Palmerstown Area and nine applicants from the Lucan/Palmerstown Electoral Area were successful in receiving funding to deliver commemoration events/iniatives at local level.