Agency overseeing Dublin revival approved by Government
The establishment of a new agency to oversee the rejuvenation of Dublin City Centre has been approved by Government.
The body, which will operate under Dublin City Council, will be responsible for delivering a number of recommendations made by the Dublin City Taskforce last year.
Among them is the redevelopment of the GPO on O'Connell Street into a key visitor destination with museum, retail and office space.
The surroundings around the GPO will also be redeveloped, along with the regeneration of social housing complexes in the city centre.
Derelict sites will be converted into high-density residential areas where homes for essential workers will be a priority.
There will also be the construction of the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter, which will house the new city library.
Other measures include a food market at the former fruit and vegetable market at Smithfield and the regeneration of Moore Street to try and reactive its trading tradition.
The agency will also be tasked with upgrading city centre flat complexes where there are no full scale regeneration plans.
European funding will help get the agency up and running.
The agency will develop proposals for a Tourist Tax to help pay for its operation and a project team is being established immediately.
The measures are due to be delivered throughout the next decade.
There is a pledge too that policing will be more visible, and there will be "better located services" for vulnerable people.
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