Dublin City Council is to take legal action over the demolition of a house which belonged to 1916 leader The O'Rahilly.
40 Herbert Road was bulldozed earlier this week.
The demolition came despite Dublin City councillors voting to give it protected status.
Michael Joseph ‘The’ O’Rahilly lived at the property before he was killed during the Easter Rising.
An Bord Pleanála has handed developers permission to build a €66m apartment block, which will contain 105 apartments on the site.
The planning authority granted the permission despite opposition from historians, An Taisce and the Department of Culture and Arts.
An Taisce had urged planners to refuse permission for the demolition, saying the house was of "considerable social and historic significance".
There has been fresh criticism after the demolition went ahead earlier this week - with Sinn Féin Councillor Micheál MacDonncha describing it as an "an act of corporate vandalism".
Councillor MacDonncha today welcomed the news of the council taking legal action, saying he still has a number of questions about why the demolition went ahead.
