Car-free Capel Street basks in its ‘cool’ image but traders are divided

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Car-free Capel Street basks in its ‘cool’ image but traders are divided
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“Eighty per cent of who?” asks Mr Burke. “First, they said it was 80 per cent of businesses. And then when businesses objected, it was 80 per cent of residents. And then when residents objected, they said it was a Twitter feed. So, a woman from Donegal was here and had lunch on a Saturday and thought it was a great idea.”

“We’ve had a lot of American tourists come into the bar and jokingly say ‘We’re here to see the 22nd best street in the world,” he says. Because delivery trucks are banned from Capel Street after 11am, Brian Leavy, who works at Goodwins Musical Instruments says items ordered online now take an additional day to be delivered. Delivery of store merchandise is equally difficult.

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