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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Dublin Port Tunnel

Wednesday the 11th of January 2006

There has been a lot of hot air around the issue of the Dublin Port Tunnel. Stories about leaks, height, safety delays etc. all dominated a fatuous debate in the media. Any major infrastructure project is not only costly, often late but always disruptive and requires change in society. The announcement by the Minister for Transport banning HGVs from fast lanes on motorways is very welcome so also is the announcement from Dublin City Council that HGVs will be confined to one lane in each direction in the Dublin Port Tunnel. This will provide the basis for safer mobility in the tunnel. What is now required is to enhance enforcement on HGVs in City Centre and create a quality environment for citizens to live in work in and visit the city centre.