Dublin city is suffering from a lack of leadership and an absence of strategic thinking
Dublin is not uniquely violent. But what has changed in recent years is, in my opinion, a broader potential for random violence. It’s in the air. I’ve written about this many times during the course of, and emerging from, the pandemic. The city centre was allowed fall into disarray. That decline has proven hard to reverse.
. Earlier this year, it was reported that offices in Dublin are only 10 per cent full on Monday and Fridays, and about half full on Tuesdays and Thursdays. This lack of footfall has a huge impact on vibrancy and ambience. All of this has to be addressed with a strategy to revitalise the city led by city communities, central Government, the Garda, businesses and the council.
Narratives can be convenient, and often lack subtlety. The broad brushstrokes of the city being a “kip” are not true. But it’s hard not to see two recent, unprovoked, brutal attacks – both the
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