October 12
BUSINESSES IMPROVING OUR CITY
DublinTown is the collective voice of businesses in Dublin city centre, working to create a better city experience for all. They promote the city centre as the ultimate destination of choice for shopping and socialising while also improving the district through additional cleaning, graffiti removal, floral planting and other initiatives. DublinTown makes the city centre better by connecting influential people in authority with its 2,500 business members. They are advocates using examples and evidence to drive change.
UPDATES
October 12
DublinTown Budget Response
As you may be aware DublinTown made a detailed submission to Government in advance of the recently announced budget. We are pleased to note several key areas of the budget reflect recent advocacy and will provide needed support for the city centre. In advance of the budget, DublinTown CEO Richard Guiney met with four separate […]
October 7
DublinTown meets with Tánaiste Varadkar and Minister English
Dublin Town CEO Richard Guiney, along with other business leaders, met with Táiniste Leo Varadkar, Minister Damian English and Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment officials yesterday to discuss the upcoming budget. We noted current trading conditions in Dublin city centre and stressed the need to maintain business supports including EWSS, Tax Warehousing and Liquidity […]
October 5
DublinTown Expresses Disappointment With Priorities Of National Development Plan
The plan fails to sufficiently recognise the infrastructural bottlenecks in Dublin city and the pre-eminent position of Dublin as the country’s only city of scale. At a time of rapid change in the international environment, we must increasingly look to ‘quality of life’ issues to sustain and develop inward investment. Dublin has traditionally offered that […]
TRAFFIC & ROADS
August 25
Capel Street Pedestrianisation Extended
For your information, Dublin City Council has announced a 4-week extension to the Capel Street/Parliament Street weekend traffic-free streets initiative. The initiative (which was due to finish this weekend) will now conclude September 26th. Public consultation for feedback will commence on Monday 30th August. DublinTown will be making a detailed submission, if you would like […]
August 4
Dublin Bus Capacity Document
Since the first lockdown, DublinTown has liaised with government departments, Dublin Bus and the National Transport Authority in regards to public transport and a return to a safe, reliable and functioning city centre. Dublin Bus services are currently operating at 75%. Below you will find a link to the most recent Dublin Bus report in regards […]