LATEST DUBLIN CITY NEWS

• “Proposed changes to retail guidelines will cost jobs, compromise main streets and cause more dereliction - An Taisce”

  03-01-2012

  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

• Rejuvenating Dublin's Tourism Product

  23-12-2011

  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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A Guide for business premises and the haulage industry on Cordon Restrictions for HGV's in Dublin City

Tuesday the 5th of December 2006

5+ axle vehicles are banned from travelling within a cordon area of the city from 07.00-19.00 Monday to Sunday.

It is recognised that it is not possible to completely ban all 5+ axle vehicles from day one and that industry needs time to change their delivery vehicles and their methods of operation. It is also recognised that a number of these vehicles will still need access to the cordon area during the cordon hours.

To meet such access needs, HGV cordon permits will be issued to allow a 5+axle vehicle to be within the cordon area on designated roads to make load/unloading stops at listed premises.

Permits for dates prior to the 1st May 2007 are free. Load/Unload Permits after 1st May 2007, will cost €5 per permit, per day, which is payable by credit card only and rising to €10 in 2012. A permit allows a maximum of five stops within the cordon.

Transit Permits are free.

Load/Unload Permits are available online at the Dublin City Council website (www.dublincity.ie) from 13th February 2007. The haulier, premises or a third party can apply for a permit. The applicant will be required to select the appropriate link on the website and enter the following information:

• Details of the 5+ axle vehicle

• Details of the company applying for the permit

• Date the permit is required

• Address of the destination premises

• Details of the journey

Commercial organisations operating inside the cordon and wish to continue to receive deliveries using 5+ axles vehicles should register their premises online via the Dublin City Council web site. This "Premises Registration System" will be available from 2nd April, 2007 onwards.

When registering it is required to submit a mitigation plan for each premises showing how the number of deliveries using 5+axle vehicle will be substantially reduced or eliminated and the time scale to achieve this.

A 5+ axle vehicle that is not allowed to use the Dublin Port Tunnel under the terms of the Tunnel Bye Laws may apply for a Transit Permit. This permit will allow the vehicle to exit or enter the cordon area, along East Wall Road and Alfie Byrnes Road only. The vehicle may not use other designated roads within the cordon area. There is no charge for this permit.

For further information visit www.dublincity.ie