Essential conservation works will be scheduled with the €9 million from the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund for essential conservation works at theThe complex on Francis Street is a protected structure but has been lying idle and deteriorating since the market closed in 1996.Dublin City Council proposed to secure the fabric of the structure through essential works – to halt any further decline.
"We’ve already seen what URDF funding has accomplished in this area with the fantastic public realm works which have been completed on Francis Street," he said. Minister of State for Heritage and Electoral Reform Malcolm Noonan said he hopes the stabilisation of the building will lead to a"participative, community-led process that envisions a thriving future for this iconic building as part of the wider redevelopment of Frances Street and Meath Street".traditions and have a deep sense of place, which thePeople browse for second-hand shoes and clothes at the Iveagh Markets in Dublin in 1983. Picture by: Eamonn Farrell/RollingNews.