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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Holmes has a new Home

Wednesday the 1st of November 2006

Well known detective series Sherlock Holmes is set to make a new, more modern comeback. The new work "Baker Street Irregulars" aims to reinvent Holmes's appeal again for a modern audience.
 
Dublin is to double up as London in the BBC drama. Mount Street is to be transformed into the famous Baker Street for the two part series that will be filmed around the city.

It stars award winning Jonathan Pryce ("Tomorrow Never Dies" and "Pirates of the Caribbean") as Sherlock Holmes and Bill Patterson ("Auf Wiedersehen Pet") as his companion Dr. Watson.

The series will be shooting for six weeks in various locations around the city with a large Irish input and 300 Irish extras. It is a major boost for the Irish Film industry. There are around 11 Irish head departments working on the series.

The city is also poised to attract many other lucrative productions over the coming months. Film Dublin has expanded from eight members to include 29 organisations. The Film Dublin partnership ensures that Ireland capital city remains an attractive base for local and international film and television production.