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“Proposed changes to retail guidelines will cost jobs, compromise main streets and cause more dereliction - An Taisce”
Tuesday the 3rd of January 2012
Jobs will be lost and main streets will suffer if Forfas gets its way on Retail Planning according to a recent An Taisce Press Release
Read Article >>Rejuvenating Dublin's Tourism Product
Friday the 23rd of December 2011
Dublin City Business Association commissioned Jerome Casey and Felim O’Rourke to undertake a study of tourism in Dublin and to make least-cost recommendations for its rejuvenation. The World Tourism Organisation concluded (in relation to Ireland) that "there appears to be very little correlation between marketing spending by National Tourism Organisations and international arrivals".
Within Ireland, there is a mismatch between the Irish tourism market and the public resources devoted to it.
33 existing tourist attractions in Dublin were reviewed, and low-cost initiatives suggested for their improvement.
From 2000 – 2010 Ireland’s share of world tourism visitors has fallen sharply. In 2004, Ireland changed from being a destination country for incoming tourists to an origin country for Irish, outgoing tourists.
Dublin must move from passive approval of tourist activities to an active development of tourism as a priority industry in regenerating the city’s economy.
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Poland and the future of the European Union
Wednesday the 21st of December 2011
Statement by Mr Radek Sikorski, Foreign Minister of Poland, in
Berlin on 28 November 2011
Parnell Street East Report
Friday the 14th of October 2011
A Vision for an Historic City Centre Street. A Report prepared by Dublin Civic Trust for Carroll’s Gifts and Souvenirs and Dublin City Business Association
Read Article >>Launch of Oriental Quarter Report
Thursday the 13th of October 2011
DCBA CEO address to invited guests at the launch of A New Vision For Parnell Street East - Dublin’s Oriental Quarter 13 Oct 2011
Read Article >>Dublin Garden Squares Day
Tuesday the 9th of August 2011
Dublin Civic Trust is delighted to announce details of the second Dublin Garden Squares Day to take place on Saturday 27th August.
Read Article >>End of line for Metro as €25m of property rented out
Monday the 8th of August 2011
Treacy Hogan, in a recent article in the Irish Independent, has reported Rail chiefs spent €25m buying up properties on the ill-fated rail route, an Irish Independent investigation has found.
Read Article >>Time to let taxpayers in on Nama deals
Tuesday the 2nd of August 2011
An article in the Sunday Business Post by Dr Brendan Williams lectures in Urban Development and Urban Economics at UCD and is Visiting Professor at the School of Public Policy and Urban affairs at Northeastern University in Boston
Read Article >>Passport to Dublin
Wednesday the 22nd of June 2011
Dublin’s newest tourist product, the Passport to Dublin booklet - with discounts for 16 major attractions – was launched on 21st June in The Church Café, Bar & Restaurant on Mary Street by the Lord Mayor of Dublin, Councillor Gerry Breen.
Read Article >>Dublin City Coach Park Proposal
Tuesday the 10th of May 2011
The following document has been prepared by Ruadhán MacEoin, in the hope that it can be of munificent benefit to Dublin City, for it residents and businesses, and the traveling public.
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