Moore Streets future – Senator Mary Fitzpatrick

The public are being asked to help define a future for street trading on Moore Street.

Dublin City Council’s Expert Group, Chaired by Mary Fitzpatrick, is determined to identify a viable future for Dublin’s oldest fruit and vegetable street market and is inviting the public to help define the future of street trading on Moore Street via an on-line survey HERE.

Mary and others are very concerned that traditional street trading is no longer viable and urgent action is needed to help chart a course for the future. Mary is working to define and preserve the future of street trading on the famous Dublin Street.

Moore Street is Dublin’s oldest fruit and vegetable street market. Private and state neglect of the street have led to dereliction. Footfall on the street has decreased dramatically. Changed consumer behaviour and alternative retail offerings make traditional street trading increasingly less viable. The number of traders on the street is at an all-time low. The very survivability of Dublin’s historic Moore Street as a city street market is very uncertain.

The survey seeks to identify what the street means to users, what they would like to see on sale their and what hours best suit. The results of the survey will help to shape a modern solution that can preserve the best of the past but meets the requirements of all who use the street in the modern age.

Moore Street Renewal & Development Bill.

Mary Fitzpatrick and other members of the Moore Street Advisory Committee attend briefing at office of the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Jimmy Deenihan

Angela Wright at her stall on Moore Street, courtesy of www.dublintown.ie

F.X. Buckley on Moore Street since 1930, courtesy of www.dublintown.ie

The site of the original battelfield superimposed over the modern entrance to Moore Street. Courtesy dublintown.ie.

With Proinsias O Rathaille & James Connolly Heron at the Save 16 Moore Street workshop.

With Barry Kerrick at the Save 16 Moore Street workshop.

With Michael Shanely at the Save 16 Moore Street workshop.

Deputising for the Lord Mayor at the Save 16 Moore Street workshop.

Dublin City Council’s Expert Group is determined to identify and define a vibrant, viable and valuable city street market on Moore Street. We want the people who will shop on the street to help define that new future and Mary encourages the public to have their say before the deadline of July 8, 2020.