A manifesto for a better Dublin: Charge motorists, reimagine Stephen’s Green and move RTÉ
Oireachtas members are based in Dublin. These parties of the centre-left are all struggling to be heard. Most of them look set to be swept away by Sinn Féin at the next general election.
Either way, it is absurd that no one speaks for Dublin at cabinet level. The city is responsible for nearly half the jobs and tax revenue in Ireland, yet no one is responsible for promoting its interests when major decisions are made. You don’t need to be a Dub to recognise the stupidity of this situation. We have had a Minister for Rural Affairs for many years.
Dublin’s Parliament Street closed to traffic in July 2023. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photos The space once occupied by the statue is still empty, except for a modest flowerbed. As a result, visiting the middle of the Green is a disappointing experience, like opening a lazy present. A monument to the sensitivity of Irish history, it is achingly dull, but the dead centre of Ireland’s greatest square is also a potential source of national pride.
Drug users continue to face stigma. As Dr Austin O’Carroll, who works with the marginalised in Dublin, has said, “Irish people have a lot of sympathy for the homeless. They’ve no sympathy for drug users.”
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