{"id":861,"date":"2020-01-21T15:27:53","date_gmt":"2020-01-21T15:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/dcc-revised-plans-for-magdalene-site-an-incredible-development-cllr-gary-gannon\/"},"modified":"2020-01-21T15:27:53","modified_gmt":"2020-01-21T15:27:53","slug":"dcc-revised-plans-for-magdalene-site-an-incredible-development-cllr-gary-gannon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/dcc-revised-plans-for-magdalene-site-an-incredible-development-cllr-gary-gannon\/","title":{"rendered":"DCC revised plans for Magdalene site an &#8216;incredible development&#8217; &#8211; Cllr Gary Gannon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">Social Democrats Councillor and Dublin Central General Election candidate, Gary Gannon has said the revised plans for the site of the former Magdalene Laundry on Sean McDermott Street in Dublin\u2019s North Inner-City represent an \u2018incredible development\u2019 for the city.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Cllr Gannon said the revised proposals lay out a plan for a combination of housing, an educational centre incorporating 3rd <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">level and early years intervention initiatives, and critically, a very substantial memorial to the victims and survivors of Ireland\u2019s shameful institutional past.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u201cThe revised proposals are extremely welcome in that they have taken onboard the concerns and needs of the local community alongside the need to recognise and acknowledge everything the site represents about a shameful period in our history and providing a permanent memorial to the victims and survivors of that period.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u201cThere is a wonderful group of activists, architects, and academics who have come together under the banner of \u2018The Open Heart Collective\u2019 who will be developing the memorial in consultation with survivors, their representative groups, and the local community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u201cThis is an incredible development for the city and will become a living monument to Ireland\u2019s past; to acknowledge the wrongs inflicted on women and men throughout our history, and to become a place of hope and renewal in the North Inner City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Calibri; font-size: medium;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been working with Dublin City Council on this idea for close to 18 months now and I\u2019m delighted that we have brought it to a point where they have now updated all local Councillors on the ambition for this historic location.\u00a0\u00a0We made a promise to some very important people and I will work tirelessly to ensure that commitment is honoured.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-size: medium;\">21<\/span><sup>st<\/sup><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; 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