Given the state of the place, why is a massive shake-up in how the city is cleaned not being activated?
The council’s intention is to 'maintain a clean and litter-free city”. But Dublin city centre is not clean, and is certainly not litter-free. The current approach is failing. Photograph: Aidan CrawleyI was recently in my local bike shop getting another new tyre for yet another puncture. The smashed glass that decorates Dublin’s bike lanes had struck again.
In Dublin city, when it comes to keeping the streets clean, rain is everyone’s friend. The rain is a service that assists with washing the streets – gratis – momentarily drenching the membrane of filth that loves sticking to modern paving. You know the paving I’m talking about. It’s a sort of fake paving-esque effort, something that goes down clean while screaming: check me out in a week when I will be absolutely filthy. And so it is.
Nobody expects a city centre to be pristine; it is a populated and lived-in place after all. But I think it not being utterly gross to walk around should be at least an ambition Back in 2011, Aramark was hired by the Dublin City Business Improvement District to power-wash the streets. Now branded as Dublin Town, the organisation’swas out washing the streets of College Green earlier this month. Power-washing streets is hardly an innovation, but it’s clear Dublin city needs a lot more of it. This is not a new conversation. Around this time last summer, the then Lord Mayor, Alison Gilliland, committed to ramping up night-time power-washing on city centre streets.
It hasn’t rained much recently, so the streets are filthier than normal. I’m not talking about your standard litter here. I’m talking about grime. As the grime piles up, layer by layer – the urine, the bird poo, the chewing gum, the cigarette butts, the filth from people’s shoes and whatever other miscellaneous gunk graffitis the pavements – Dublin City Council blames its enemy. That enemy is a season, and it is called summer.
Ireland Latest News, Ireland Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Student Hub: Women in first year of college at high risk of sexual violence – studyStudent Hub digest: Research on sexual violence at third-level; Brianna Parkins on Generational labels, Reader survey; Una Mullally on the state of Dublin this weather; Colin Gleeson on an ‘off-grid’ property available for rent in north Dublin; expansion of college healthcare places, and more....
Read more »
Dublin's Parliament Street to go traffic-free each weekend over July and AugustDublin City Council said there will be a 'particular focus on encouraging families onto the street'.
Read more »
Dublin gets AI treatment as Google begins new Immersive View roll-outAmsterdam, Florence and Venice also on the list for the AI-powered view
Read more »
Dublin to get second new elective hospital under revised plansHealth committee also hears of plans to set up new medical school in capital operated by TU Dublin which is being looked at ‘very favourably’
Read more »