How do week make Dublin/Ireland more interesting?

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slipstreamer

Do not make any taller buildings! You will ruin Dublin. Large/tall or bigger is not necessarily better . Being able to see the sky and mountains is fairly awe inspiring. Besides you don't get that much sun that you can throw the city streets into shade (which is a side effect of the high buildings)

Everyone will mesh together eventually - Ireland is just experiencing the whole "melting pot" effect of immigration for the first time. It takes time. Just as it took time for all those cities that the Irish immigrants of the past when they left to start fresh elsewhere. Every immigrant group "sticks to it's own" for the first few generations, especially when there is a language barrier.

Sarah

Ditch everything you just said.

Higher buildings etc would not improve the city, it would take away what makes it unique. It would just become a typical urban concrete jungle.

Immigration I don't have a problem with, but I think it should be slow, otherwise integration won't happen at all. It'll have communities of Poles speaking Polish, Chinese speaking chinese etc. If they can live in communities of their own nationality, and not have to learn the language, it will become a "Gangs of New York" style culture.

The one real improvement they could make would be to demolish Finglas.

Mr Inglister

Complete rubbish question. Go back to where you come from. Ireland has enough problems with foreigners and benefit cheats. Ireland was unique until at joined the euro, and for what!!!! Has our life really got better. Oh, except for certain employers who love to pay eastern Europe wages and create a job market with profits before there countryman--Oh and as the saying goes, you pay peanuts, you ll get monkeys. If your Irish, then you haven't got a clue what problems / Death / economy / Health care / housing / schools / culture / crime / and all sorts these people are causing and when my children leave school, whats left for them except greedy employers and the divide between the rich and poor with corruption and money that will only matter. Watch the late late show, you might learn something. Oh, and don't give me thumbs down for telling the truth. The evil is starting to spread, Just look at England now and 40 years ago.
Got my point. If you want more big buildings and immigration, mosques and Tescos tube trains over crowded then go to England and don't come back.

Podge and Rodge Tribute Band

How about we tip it into the Irish Sea?
It could become the Venice of Northern Europe.........

claire

ive no problem with higher buildings, but only if they're interesting looking...we need a Frank Gehry or Norman Foster! but not anywhere near Georgian Dublin!
We need better transport...an underground would be nice, or at least north-south connections on luas! we also need to make the city more bike friendly!
In regard to cultures mixing, i think irish people need to be more adventurous and try out some of the restaurants/bars that have been set up by immigrants. And immigrants should market their establishments towards everyone rather than just their community for eg, some of the chinese restaurants on parnell str do not show menus in English in their window...! when in a work situation together I think both Irish and other cultures get along just fine!

Kris......

Improve the access, driving through it is a nightmare.

Misty Blue

I strongly disagree.Immigration,fine.High rise,behave that's so English.

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