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50 of the Very Best Things to Do in Dublin Captured in New Book

50 Things to do in Dublin :Quantity :           The Lord Mayor of Dublin, Naoise Ó Muirí, today launched a new comprehensive pocket book guide to enjoying all that the capital has to offer entitled ’50

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Dublin City Market

When Dublin City Business Association identified the significant potential of the Market beside Capel Street, the business community on the street and immediate neighbourhood were positively supportive. Of course, it wasn’t the first time that the potential was highlighted; developers

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Thomas Street – Improving the Public Face of an Historic City Centre Street

Thomas Street is the commercial heart of The Liberties; its most active and vibrant street, essential to its economic and cultural life. However, the slow but continual decline of the street during the late 20th century has left a fragile,

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50 things to do in Dublin

What to do something interesting in Dublin, click here for some great ideas Hire a Bike • Kid’s Dublin • Docklands Ramble • Five Dublin Railway Termini • Dublin & War • Miscellany of Museums • Ghoulish Dublin  

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Rejuvenating Dublin’s Tourism Product

Dublin City Business Association (DCBA) commissioned Jerome Casey and Felim O’Rourke to undertake a study of tourism in Dublin and to make least- cost recommendations for its rejuvenation. DCBA considered that domestic consumer expenditure would remain weak into the medium-term,

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Dublin City Centre BID Fact Sheet

Summary BIDs – Business Improvement Districts are instruments of public/private collaboration. There are over 30,000 BIDs world wide in the Anglo Saxon economies. A BID is an organising and financing mechanism used by property owners and merchants to determine a

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The Future of the south Georgian Core

Summary The proposal by Dublin City Council to consider a review of the South Georgian Core, its vacancies and reuse and existing policies of Dublin City Council is the subject of this discussion paper. It is correct to conclude that

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Business Continuity Planning in Severe Weather

Business Continuity Planning in Severe Weather 1.1 Introduction It is remarkable that two of the six coldest spells in the recent weather history of Ireland occurred in the same calendar year; that they were preceded by an exceptional flooding event

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Parnell Street East: A Vision for an Historic City Centre Street

This study was commissioned by Carroll’s Gifts and Souvenirs and Dublin City Business Association to offer an independent analysis of the existing condition and future potential of Parnell Street East, an historic thoroughfare located in Dublin’s north inner city. The

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Capel Street & The City Markets

Summary The study area of this report is defined by Capel Street which was laid out in the 17th century and is today flanked by 18th and 19th merchant townhouses and shops. It is one of the best known commercial

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