Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open.
You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to support our mission, but this year it has not been enough.
If you've seen value in our reporting, please contribute what you can, so we can continue to produce accurate and meaningful journalism. For everyone who needs it.
Dublin City Council has said these measures are being taken to support the economic recovery of the city by providing more space for pedestrians during weekends to encourage people to return for shopping and to make use of the cafes and restaurants in the area.
Temporary street furniture permits have been issued to a number of cafes/restaurants on South Anne Street, Drury Street and Dame Court to assist them in the re-opening of their businesses and to provide for social distancing requirements.
Tables and chairs for these businesses’ customers will be permitted in allocated on-street areas.
Before 9.30am, deliveries are made along the narrow street, which hosts mostly restaurants, pubs and cafés. After that, chairs and tables are put up in the road, turning it into an outdoor, spaced-out, congregation point for people in the city.
This has been a boost for businesses along the street, and a pull factor to get people to return to the city as Ireland begins to slowly open back up following Covid-19 restrictions.
In total, there are plans to pedestrianise seven streets across Cork city, prompted by the lockdown.
Readers like you are keeping these stories free for everyone...
A mix of advertising and supporting contributions helps keep paywalls away from valuable information like this article.
Over 5,000 readers like you have already stepped up and support us with a monthly payment or a once-off donation.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
Close
45 Comments
This is YOUR comments community. Stay civil, stay constructive, stay on topic.
Please familiarise yourself with our comments policy
here
before taking part.
They could do with a few more Luas lines, like to Lucan, airport, etc, traffic isn’t justified mental, give more people the option to leave the car at home
It’s the capital city of a corrupt developing nation that despite the pretence to be an advances economy boasts a 3rd world housing/health/infrastructure crisis.
@Colin Morris: you are utterly clueless, this is proven from the very fact you’ve used such an outdated insulting western term as “third world”
It’s a seriously insulting and outdated term to use that any person properly aware of the world’s development would no longer use.
If you think Ireland is a backwards and massively corrupt country when compared to the rest of the world then it’s clearly evident you’ve not travelled much.
@Mick Hannigan: O ya ross look after dublin and F**k the rest of the country.
You cannot move in galway city with the traffic but yet no solution
Why cant the outer bypass be rushed through under the strategic planning rules as it is necessary piece of infrastructure ?
@Faaez Khan: If you actually believe Ireland is one of the most developed countries in the world..You couldn’t possibly be looking at Mainland Europe..We’re third world ..
@Michael Fehily: the transport in Munich is absolutely amazing. €60 per month and i could travel on s-bahn, u-bahn, buses and trams. I could get anywhere i wanted …really great, pity Dublin is so far behind and at a much higher price too. ..but the people are nicer in Dublin :)
Green line needs to be extended to Blanchardstown / Ballycoolin.
Ballycoolin is an extraordinary failure, when it comes to public transport – so many companies located here yete a 3rd world / primitive public transport network – the 38 bus route takes forever; and the 40D is always late / cancelled.
I am surprised companies want to invest here when it is virtually impossible to access the area unless you drive.
Perhaps it is time to add first class sections on the green line (obviously not the red line though). It could have attendants giving out newspapers, and coffee in china cups.
@Richard Barrett: needed more on the red line. maybe they could have a carriage for the people who like to travel for free on that line with free needle dispensers and bins also.
Great news if you live on the southside. Now how about some additional carriages and scheduled trains for the Arrow service from Maynooth? There’s some serious overcrowding on those services, and no sitting room from Clonsilla inwards any morning. Build it and it will be used…
@Thomas Blackcat: No mention as to the delay the Luas cause to motorist at junctions especially if a tram going each way . Luas should have gone underground at major junctions. City planners are hell bent on destroying the car and motorists are paying the cost in car tax tax on petrol and insurance.
Why is the taxpayer liable for the €100m if the Luas is a private company? When we invest in the Luas, is this cost taken into account along with the cost of the roads that are no longer available to everyone else? The Luas is nothing but an overpriced bus lane except if it breaks down it is stuck. At least a different bus can drive around a broken down one. The Luas is poor value for taxpayers’ money.
@Eric De Red: No, owned. Transdev won the tender to run the service, they don’t get any of the profits but are paid up front for the cost of running it.
The Luas is the only public transport system in Ireland that actually makes money for us.
We need more darts in the morning! One coming every 10/15 mins is not sufficient enough! But that’s logical thinking and obviously Ireland don’t do that!
@Anthony Whelan: actually they wanted to move to every 7 minutes but the drivers threatened strikes if they didn’t get paid for the change. Union demanded. Company crumbled. Customer suffered.
@Shane Fleming: They are lengthening all the green line stops right now, its been going on for the past few months, cross city platforms were built to the new length
@Mark Boyle: they’re actually only lengthening the original platforms. The platforms on the Luas extension were built longer to plan for this. Still should be underground and heavier rail with more capacity! Madness going overground through city centre!
I remember that research they did. There is less people using Luas/Dart then cycling to town.. So what about pouring 100mil into cycling infrastructure instead?
Don’t think they can increase carriages on the red line because of the bends on the line, not great that we can only increase capacity on a luas servicing areas where a lot of new workers can’t afford to live
Israel security cabinet to discuss new phase of Gaza truce after US Secretary of State visit
1 min ago
0
And The Winner Is...
Here’s the full list of winners from this year’s Baftas, where Conclave scooped the top prize
Updated
9 mins ago
11.9k
26
RIP
Taoiseach leads tributes to jockey Michael O’Sullivan who died aged 24 after fall at Thurles
Updated
18 hrs ago
47.5k
Your Cookies. Your Choice.
Cookies help provide our news service while also enabling the advertising needed to fund this work.
We categorise cookies as Necessary, Performance (used to analyse the site performance) and Targeting (used to target advertising which helps us keep this service free).
We and our 148 partners store and access personal data, like browsing data or unique identifiers, on your device. Selecting Accept All enables tracking technologies to support the purposes shown under we and our partners process data to provide. If trackers are disabled, some content and ads you see may not be as relevant to you. You can resurface this menu to change your choices or withdraw consent at any time by clicking the Cookie Preferences link on the bottom of the webpage .Your choices will have effect within our Website. For more details, refer to our Privacy Policy.
We and our vendors process data for the following purposes:
Use precise geolocation data. Actively scan device characteristics for identification. Store and/or access information on a device. Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development.
Cookies Preference Centre
We process your data to deliver content or advertisements and measure the delivery of such content or advertisements to extract insights about our website. We share this information with our partners on the basis of consent. You may exercise your right to consent, based on a specific purpose below or at a partner level in the link under each purpose. Some vendors may process your data based on their legitimate interests, which does not require your consent. You cannot object to tracking technologies placed to ensure security, prevent fraud, fix errors, or deliver and present advertising and content, and precise geolocation data and active scanning of device characteristics for identification may be used to support this purpose. This exception does not apply to targeted advertising. These choices will be signaled to our vendors participating in the Transparency and Consent Framework.
Manage Consent Preferences
Necessary Cookies
Always Active
These cookies are necessary for the website to function and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are usually only set in response to actions made by you which amount to a request for services, such as setting your privacy preferences, logging in or filling in forms. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site will not then work.
Targeting Cookies
These cookies may be set through our site by our advertising partners. They may be used by those companies to build a profile of your interests and show you relevant adverts on other sites. They do not store directly personal information, but are based on uniquely identifying your browser and internet device. If you do not allow these cookies, you will experience less targeted advertising.
Functional Cookies
These cookies enable the website to provide enhanced functionality and personalisation. They may be set by us or by third party providers whose services we have added to our pages. If you do not allow these cookies then these services may not function properly.
Performance Cookies
These cookies allow us to count visits and traffic sources so we can measure and improve the performance of our site. They help us to know which pages are the most and least popular and see how visitors move around the site. All information these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous. If you do not allow these cookies we will not be able to monitor our performance.
Store and/or access information on a device 102 partners can use this purpose
Cookies, device or similar online identifiers (e.g. login-based identifiers, randomly assigned identifiers, network based identifiers) together with other information (e.g. browser type and information, language, screen size, supported technologies etc.) can be stored or read on your device to recognise it each time it connects to an app or to a website, for one or several of the purposes presented here.
Personalised advertising and content, advertising and content measurement, audience research and services development 133 partners can use this purpose
Use limited data to select advertising 103 partners can use this purpose
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times an ad is presented to you).
Create profiles for personalised advertising 75 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service (such as forms you submit, content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (for example, information from your previous activity on this service and other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (that might include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present advertising that appears more relevant based on your possible interests by this and other entities.
Use profiles to select personalised advertising 74 partners can use this purpose
Advertising presented to you on this service can be based on your advertising profiles, which can reflect your activity on this service or other websites or apps (like the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects.
Create profiles to personalise content 36 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service (for instance, forms you submit, non-advertising content you look at) can be stored and combined with other information about you (such as your previous activity on this service or other websites or apps) or similar users. This is then used to build or improve a profile about you (which might for example include possible interests and personal aspects). Your profile can be used (also later) to present content that appears more relevant based on your possible interests, such as by adapting the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find content that matches your interests.
Use profiles to select personalised content 32 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on your content personalisation profiles, which can reflect your activity on this or other services (for instance, the forms you submit, content you look at), possible interests and personal aspects. This can for example be used to adapt the order in which content is shown to you, so that it is even easier for you to find (non-advertising) content that matches your interests.
Measure advertising performance 124 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which advertising is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine how well an advert has worked for you or other users and whether the goals of the advertising were reached. For instance, whether you saw an ad, whether you clicked on it, whether it led you to buy a product or visit a website, etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of advertising campaigns.
Measure content performance 59 partners can use this purpose
Information regarding which content is presented to you and how you interact with it can be used to determine whether the (non-advertising) content e.g. reached its intended audience and matched your interests. For instance, whether you read an article, watch a video, listen to a podcast or look at a product description, how long you spent on this service and the web pages you visit etc. This is very helpful to understand the relevance of (non-advertising) content that is shown to you.
Understand audiences through statistics or combinations of data from different sources 72 partners can use this purpose
Reports can be generated based on the combination of data sets (like user profiles, statistics, market research, analytics data) regarding your interactions and those of other users with advertising or (non-advertising) content to identify common characteristics (for instance, to determine which target audiences are more receptive to an ad campaign or to certain contents).
Develop and improve services 79 partners can use this purpose
Information about your activity on this service, such as your interaction with ads or content, can be very helpful to improve products and services and to build new products and services based on user interactions, the type of audience, etc. This specific purpose does not include the development or improvement of user profiles and identifiers.
Use limited data to select content 37 partners can use this purpose
Content presented to you on this service can be based on limited data, such as the website or app you are using, your non-precise location, your device type, or which content you are (or have been) interacting with (for example, to limit the number of times a video or an article is presented to you).
Use precise geolocation data 42 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, your precise location (within a radius of less than 500 metres) may be used in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Actively scan device characteristics for identification 24 partners can use this special feature
With your acceptance, certain characteristics specific to your device might be requested and used to distinguish it from other devices (such as the installed fonts or plugins, the resolution of your screen) in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Ensure security, prevent and detect fraud, and fix errors 82 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Your data can be used to monitor for and prevent unusual and possibly fraudulent activity (for example, regarding advertising, ad clicks by bots), and ensure systems and processes work properly and securely. It can also be used to correct any problems you, the publisher or the advertiser may encounter in the delivery of content and ads and in your interaction with them.
Deliver and present advertising and content 92 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
Certain information (like an IP address or device capabilities) is used to ensure the technical compatibility of the content or advertising, and to facilitate the transmission of the content or ad to your device.
Match and combine data from other data sources 65 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Information about your activity on this service may be matched and combined with other information relating to you and originating from various sources (for instance your activity on a separate online service, your use of a loyalty card in-store, or your answers to a survey), in support of the purposes explained in this notice.
Link different devices 48 partners can use this feature
Always Active
In support of the purposes explained in this notice, your device might be considered as likely linked to other devices that belong to you or your household (for instance because you are logged in to the same service on both your phone and your computer, or because you may use the same Internet connection on both devices).
Identify devices based on information transmitted automatically 81 partners can use this feature
Always Active
Your device might be distinguished from other devices based on information it automatically sends when accessing the Internet (for instance, the IP address of your Internet connection or the type of browser you are using) in support of the purposes exposed in this notice.
Save and communicate privacy choices 60 partners can use this special purpose
Always Active
The choices you make regarding the purposes and entities listed in this notice are saved and made available to those entities in the form of digital signals (such as a string of characters). This is necessary in order to enable both this service and those entities to respect such choices.
have your say