This is a disgraceful headline. Just patently false. It’s borderline misinformation from rte
JustJesus on
I’ve lived in Dublin for ten years and I have never seen a city so resistant to change despite having one of the worst traffic problems for its size. So frustrating that private interests get such a loud voice when changes like these are concretely positive for average people.
OldVillageNuaGuitar on
I know for most of us it will be obvious what this means, but there’s plenty of people, especially outside Dublin, who spend very little time thinking about this stuff who will come away from poor media coverage like this thinking they can no longer drive in Dublin city centre, rather than the reality.
That’s not ideal for businesses in the city centre, ironically that’s especially true of the ones who’ve been so vocally against the changes. Exaggerating the impact of the changes will scare people off driving into the city centre in a manner they shouldn’t want.
1993blah on
Our media are a massive barrier to infastructure improvement in this country
Dangerous_Treat_9930 on
Also why is the picture of dame street / Trinity , That traffic plan has been in place for over a year or so now.. tsk msn media
The3rdbaboon on
Headline a bit misleading no?
pikachoooseme on
Any way to lodge a complaint to RTE in relation to the headline? It’s not good enough that the public broadcaster is allowed to publish such biased headlines.
justtoreplytothisnow on
This headline is a great example of ridiculous media coverage. It’s not a ban. It’s only a ban for through traffic whose destination is not the city centre.
Inaccurate and inflammatory headline from a body who has a public interest mandate to inform people accurately.
naraic- on
I’m wondering if this would be as successful it the bus gates were in operation 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm Monday to Friday.
Is midafternoon or Saturday or Sunday traffic sufficient to justify the bus gates. Or is it just easier to run it all day.
Bluespongecake on
>But businesses have concerns about the impact including Diageo whose trucks carry 75% of the beer they produce down the quays from St James Gate to Dublin Port.
Would love to see Diageo return to using their barges down the canals to get Guinness to the port
Retail Excellent Ireland’s CEO saying: *”Dublin and city retailers were not part of the consultation process.”* **is a blatant lie**, it’s so frustrating to see it going unchallenged.
The consultation for this plan was open to the public for three months if I recall correctly, and open to **anyone** to submit their thoughts and ideas on, whether you were a resident, business owner, or just commuted to or through the city.
What she means by that is: *”we’re not happy with the overwhelming public support from the consultation so we’re gonna throw a tantrum until we get what we want”.*
Businesses are obviously important to the city, but their opinion doesn’t carry more weight than anyone else, and they don’t get to go around moaning and spreading lies just because things didn’t go their way, and they’re afraid of change.
If less car access was such a detriment to businesses, Grafton St and Henry St would be derelict sure.
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This is a disgraceful headline. Just patently false. It’s borderline misinformation from rte
I’ve lived in Dublin for ten years and I have never seen a city so resistant to change despite having one of the worst traffic problems for its size. So frustrating that private interests get such a loud voice when changes like these are concretely positive for average people.
I know for most of us it will be obvious what this means, but there’s plenty of people, especially outside Dublin, who spend very little time thinking about this stuff who will come away from poor media coverage like this thinking they can no longer drive in Dublin city centre, rather than the reality.
That’s not ideal for businesses in the city centre, ironically that’s especially true of the ones who’ve been so vocally against the changes. Exaggerating the impact of the changes will scare people off driving into the city centre in a manner they shouldn’t want.
Our media are a massive barrier to infastructure improvement in this country
Also why is the picture of dame street / Trinity , That traffic plan has been in place for over a year or so now.. tsk msn media
Headline a bit misleading no?
Any way to lodge a complaint to RTE in relation to the headline? It’s not good enough that the public broadcaster is allowed to publish such biased headlines.
This headline is a great example of ridiculous media coverage. It’s not a ban. It’s only a ban for through traffic whose destination is not the city centre.
Inaccurate and inflammatory headline from a body who has a public interest mandate to inform people accurately.
I’m wondering if this would be as successful it the bus gates were in operation 7am to 10am and 4pm to 7pm Monday to Friday.
Is midafternoon or Saturday or Sunday traffic sufficient to justify the bus gates. Or is it just easier to run it all day.
>But businesses have concerns about the impact including Diageo whose trucks carry 75% of the beer they produce down the quays from St James Gate to Dublin Port.
Would love to see Diageo return to using their barges down the canals to get Guinness to the port
[https://www.mariner.ie/the-guinness-fleets/](https://www.mariner.ie/the-guinness-fleets/)
Retail Excellent Ireland’s CEO saying: *”Dublin and city retailers were not part of the consultation process.”* **is a blatant lie**, it’s so frustrating to see it going unchallenged.
The consultation for this plan was open to the public for three months if I recall correctly, and open to **anyone** to submit their thoughts and ideas on, whether you were a resident, business owner, or just commuted to or through the city.
What she means by that is: *”we’re not happy with the overwhelming public support from the consultation so we’re gonna throw a tantrum until we get what we want”.*
Businesses are obviously important to the city, but their opinion doesn’t carry more weight than anyone else, and they don’t get to go around moaning and spreading lies just because things didn’t go their way, and they’re afraid of change.
If less car access was such a detriment to businesses, Grafton St and Henry St would be derelict sure.