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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Public sectors workers are paid 48% more than private economy workers

Friday the 10th of July 2009

According to the CSO public sector education average hourly pay at €33.23 is the highest in Ireland. Hotel and restaurant workers average hourly pay was the lowest at €12.93.

Public sectors workers in Ireland are paid 48% more than those in the private sector and work on average 2.3 hours less per week.

72% of all tax in Ireland goes to Exchequer Pay & Pensions including Social Welfare.

It is clear that Irish citizens cannot afford such daily expenditure for dependents of the State and that public sector salaries especially at the top rates must be cut.