Andrea Horan: Whose job is it to provide a liveable city?

Andrea Horan WHAT HAPPENED AT the weekend on South William Street was inevitable. Anyone who was surprised hasn’t been paying attention.

But as soon as you scratch even a suggestion of the surface, it becomes clear that there are much bigger systemic reasons as to why this frisson of sociability exploded like it did last weekend – as well as it coinciding with the loosening of restrictions. I come to this conversation on the back of a project called No More Hotels, a protest party to highlight the fact that clubbing was culture.

But all that does is highlight how inaccessible the city is for anyone who isn’t splashing the cash and how yet again, things are being left to the market. Sure, public toilets are currently out to tender by private businesses and their locations will be driven by ‘the market’. Related Reads 01.06.21 DCC pledges 'more facilities' for bank holiday weekend as Eamon Ryan urges councils to 'get the message' 31.05.

In the picture i dont see them social distancing or wearing masks.

Well it doesn't seem to be the DCC job to clean it anyway. Probably have to get outside contractors.

Let's call a spade a spade - Dublin is a filthy city full of litter, streets that don't seem to be ever cleaned, very few bins (that are rarely emptied), no public toilets. Public drug taking & urinating are commonplace, petty crime everywhere and next to no Gardai on the beat!

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