Liberty Hall in Dublin is well known for a number of reasons. The headquarters of the Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union (SIPTU) it used to be the tallest building in Ireland measuring 195 feet.
As for the history behind the building and the structure that stood before it we turn to Wikipedia for a concise explanation:
Standing on Beresford Place and Eden Quay, near the Custom House, the original Liberty Hall used to be a hotel before becoming James Connolly's personal fortress in Dublin. Following the outbreak of World War I a banner reading "We serve neither King nor Kaiser but Ireland" was hung on its front wall, and within was printed the newspaper The Irish Worker. The Irish Worker was shut down by the British Government for sedition as outlined in the Defence of the Realm Act (DORA). It was replaced for a short time by a paper called the Worker until that was also banned, and in 1915 the Workers' Republic was edited by Connolly until the Rising in 1916.
The original building was demolished in the 1950s due to becoming unsafe and the current replacement built in 1965. Now SIPTU want it demolished and replaced with a larger building that has both more facilities and is more power efficient. Depending on how big the new building is it may retake the crown as tallest in Ireland.
For the moment there are no set plans for demolition, but keep it on your radar in case more progress is made by SIPTU in their bid to replace it.
You can read more about this story as reported on the BBC News website
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