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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Irish urged vote yes for Lisbon

Saturday the 11th of July 2009

The Irish Trade Unions were lacklustre in their support for the Lisbon Treaty last June. At the ITCU conference in Tralee recently, John Monks who is General Secretary of the European Trade Unions Congress (ETUC) – the European equivalent of ITCU – set out the European Trade Union view of the Lisbon Treaty. It is clear that he is calling for a yes vote.
He is reported as saying “the ETUC supports ratification of the Lisbon Treaty and I hope the Irish people approve it. It is a step forward compared to existing provisions, for example in relation to the legal enforcement of the Charter of Fundamental Rights, commitments to full employment, the social market economy, and public services.
Europe is not an a la carte menu where you pick and choose what you want. It is a package that has done great things for Ireland and many others, and it will need to do more great things before we can exit from this crisis.
We were glad that the Irish Government included workers’ rights as part of its negotiations with the other 26 Member States. It was correct to do so: workers’ rights certainly were a big issue in your referendum a year ago. From the polling I have seen, it was one of the issues of most importance for both the Yes and the No voters. I conclude that people do not think that Lisbon is a threat to workers’ rights but rather that people want more.”