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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New Communities Consultation Forum launched by An Taoiseach

Thursday the 16th of November 2006

Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, speaking at Store Street Garda station at the launch of the Dublin North Forum for Consultation, which aims to provide people from new communities with channels of communication to the Garda, Dublin City Council and the DCBA, said the need to successfully integrate communities would require "new and innovative solutions" to tackle the rise in population, and emergence of new cultures in Ireland.

The members of the Community Policing Forum have developed a model for consultation with the new communities. These meetings will be held every three months in Store Street Garda Station. They will involve a wide range of representatives drawn from the new communities themselves, the Gardaí, Dublin City Council, DCBA, public representatives and other interested parties. It is about improving the quality of life for everyone in the community. Its main aim is to enhance relations and communication between communities, local authorities, and Garda personnel at a local level in order to tackle local issues.

Combating Racism and establishing a more inclusive society are priorities for the Government. In the new social partnership agreement, towards 2016, the Government has committed to developing a comprehensive new framework to address the issue of integration policy. A comprehensive statement of intent has been in the public domain since the National Action Plan Against Racism was published in 2005. This plan provides direction on how to tackle racism and how to build a more inclusive society in this country.

It will however take time to establish and maintain full trust and confidence between the police and new communities. This challenge has by no means been underestimated and this will come into effect over the years ahead. This new forum will ensure that new communities are actively included in the wider social network and will also provide a unique opportunity for all participants to learn from one another. This formal consultation process with new communities will also help An Garda Síochána to reflect the needs of the society that it serves.