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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It's Time to Start Talking About What's Really in the Lisbon Treaty

Tuesday the 30th of June 2009

Now that the EU has fully and comprehensively addressed the concerns Irish voters had about Lisbon 1, its time to focus on what really is in the Lisbon Treaty. 'The Lisbon Treaty is full of opportunities and exciting initiatives for Ireland and the EU which will be lost if we say NO to Lisbon 2', according Ireland's Future.ie
 
Ireland’s Future.ie (www.irelandsfuture.ie) is an independent civil society group dedicated to explaining what the Lisbon Treaty is all about and why it’s so important to our future.
 
Here are just three exciting initiatives contained in the Lisbon that make Lisbon 2 a very compelling Treaty for Ireland and the EU:
1. Combats the trafficking of men, women and children: Half a million people were trafficked through the EU last year. The Lisbon Treaty addresses this problem by providing for greater co-ordination among EU police forces to tackle this horrific crime.
2. Strengthens the EU's Peacekeeping Capabilities: Kofi Annan, former UN Secretary General, expressed his hope in May 2008 that the Lisbon Treaty would come into force because it will strengthen EU peacekeeping capabilities by provide greater co-ordination among member states.
3. Places Values at the Centre of the EU's Decision Making Process: The Lisbon Treaty will put in place an ongoing regular dialogue between the EU and the EU's Religious and Philosophical Communities. This dialogue will enable EU law makers, as they initiate and refine EU law, the opportunity to explore the right balance between freedom and responsibility and between the individual and society. EU law will be richer for this dialogue.
Each of the three initiatives is a compelling reason to support Lisbon 2 on its own, together they make the case for Lisbon 2 overwhelming. Let's make all the opportunities and initiatives contained in the Lisbon Treaty available to Ireland and the EU by voting YES to Lisbon 2 next October.

 
For more detailed and factual reasons why it makes sense for Ireland to say YES to the 2nd referendum on the Lisbon Treaty go to www.irelandsfuture.ie.
For more information on this press release or on Ireland’s Future.ie (www.irelandsfuture.ie) please contact the Director of Ireland’s Future.ie Mary Frances McKenna at maryfrances@irelandsfuture.ie or at 086-8786517. For interviews as gaeilge contact Ireland's Future.ie spokesperson Barry Colleary at 087-2314155.
Ireland’s Future.ie (www.irelandsfuture.ie) is an independent civil society group dedicated to explaining what the Lisbon Treaty is all about and why it’s so important to our future. The aim of Ireland’s Future.ie is to enable Irish voters to make a decision on how to vote in the 2nd referendum on the Lisbon Treaty that is based on facts and not fiction. Ireland's Future.ie clearly demonstrates that Ireland has everything to gain and nothing to be afraid of by embracing Lisbon 2 and the EU.

For more detailed and factual reasons why it makes sense for Ireland to say YES to the 2nd referendum on the Lisbon Treaty go to www.irelandsfuture.ie.
For more information on this press release or on Ireland’s Future.ie (www.irelandsfuture.ie) please contact the Director of Ireland’s Future.ie Mary Frances McKenna at maryfrances@irelandsfuture.ie or at 086-8786517. For interviews as gaeilge contact Ireland's Future.ie spokesperson Barry Colleary at 087-2314155.
Ireland’s Future.ie (www.irelandsfuture.ie) is an independent civil society group dedicated to explaining what the Lisbon Treaty is all about and why it’s so important to our future. The aim of Ireland’s Future.ie is to enable Irish voters to make a decision on how to vote in the 2nd referendum on the Lisbon Treaty that is based on facts and not fiction. Ireland's Future.ie clearly demonstrates that Ireland has everything to gain and nothing to be afraid of by embracing Lisbon 2 and the EU.