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Aakanksha Surve

Historic Howth rifle to be raffled to raise funds for Moore Street campaign

The Moore Street Preservation Trust is raffling a historic rifle to raise funds for their campaign against the controversial redevelopment of the historic street.

The prize for the Easter raffle is an original Mauser Rifle smuggled into Ireland in the Howth gun-running operation in 1914.

James Connolly Heron, the great-grandson of James Connolly, slammed the decision by the Dublin City Council to give the green light to the plan by UK developer Hammerson, describing it as "another devastating blow to the unique cultural heritage of Dublin and of the Irish nation".

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