Dublin’s businesses speak out about dying city centre trade
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- Near Grafton Street, what looks like a bucket of blood is running from the top to the bottom of the high stone steps leading to the entrance of an elegant Georgian building on St Stephen’s Green.
A beggar sitting close by tells us a homeless man has just been stabbed multiple times by two youths who were trying to rob him. An ambulance arrived quickly and he has been taken to hospital.
Were there any gardaí on the scene? He says one arrived, but “ran away”.
Maybe he’s telling the truth, maybe not. He’s out of it. But there are no gardaí to be seen at what could, potentially, at least, be a murder scene.
Dublin city centre is crazy these days, even south of the river.
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Dublin hasn't been Dublin for a generation....wise up...
Things have really changed in most cities in England and not for the better. It’s sad to see to tell you the truth, and our government seem to have a different agenda.
@paulreynolds9003 you give up being English & persuaded to join the British system & lost your identity & cultural language & heritage....just like the Irish....they joined the European Union & have lost the sane as the English
Bottom line for me is simple. Dublin is a dirty expensive kip. It's not a safe place. There is an abundance of videos on YT showing you exactly what's happening to Dublin. I wouldn't sit still while any of my family were in there shopping or socializing. Same applies to public transport, a complete free for all and it's luck of the draw whether or not you unfortunately walk down the wrong street at the wrong time and have the misfortune to meet one of the many feral gangs roaming the city. What's been allowed to happen Dublin City unchallenged is an indictment on the atrocious standard of politician and county councillor we have calling the shots.
@@ruskoruskov3086 yes
The price of rent is just insane. Thousands of young people would kill to live in the city centre but they can't.
Was in dublin last week and was shocked to see how a once beautiful city has turned out, there was a really bad vibe in d place, lot of foreign gangs where I was really made it feel like a no go zone, sad to see
Where were you then? Foreign gangs my arse. Stop talking absolute total shite. The only foreign gangs in Dublin are feckin Mayo lads in Coppers. Wise up ya racist
@@RoyBattyLivessure thing pal. Young lads at the bridge then foreigners at Parnell street. Ye know you can buy drůgs on Parnell Ye? Big bag of literally whatever your want...
Either by whoever runs the City centre or Parnell streetistan.
Segregation, massive immigration and illegal immigration isn't good for social cohesion.
Thanks to FG FF traitors
@@Prodrive1knock that ‘traitor’ shit off. You don’t know what you’re talking about and you obviously spend too much time with your face stuck in your phone. Go for a walk ffs….🤦♂️
It's an expensive multi cultural dump.
Typical frightened woke Irish podcast
Is anyone else noticing a pattern emerging? Pubs churches shops all places that people would congregate and converse.We are slowly but surely being isolated and divided.
Fair observation
Definately, they want these new strangers to take over us. Its all coffee shops springing up now. Its forget the irish way of life.
I have been deleated but yes i totally agree. Coffee shops are all the go now. A certin so called religion community are definately happy with that.
Looks like the US.
@@sidewindersid4180no it’s not. There’s nobody ‘dividing’ us, that part is pure exaggeration…
Cities in Ireland will just end up as no-go areas, with pockets of foreign Shanti towns, litter, rats and the stench of the third world everywhere!! Just look at Englands inercities 🫢💩
True
"Population increase"... Oh yeah all those young Irish people just having massive families, right?
Dublin ireland? More like Dublistan of western Europe
Moved back to Ireland a couple of years ago. Completely dismayed at what Dublin has become.
Kip
If you want to post a comment, at least try to make an intelligent comment.
Be careful what you say about the rooms above your shops , they will fill them with asylum seekers.
Everybody knows the elephant in the room. Vote out traitors, the rest will be easy.
Hun. There are about 20 elephants in this particular room, and you aren't even in the right room to see any of them. You are looking at a whole other elephant.....a ghost, or some kind of shadow elephant of no real or actual relevance whatsoever
@@FreudsSlipperyou're correct around 20 elephants. But this issue is directly and indirectly infecting other elephants
@@FreudsSlipper your denial will crush you against the concrete wall of reality. The intense suffering will hopefully then open your eyes.
The "elephants in the room"...do they come from nations with elephants, I wonder!
@@skavihekkora5039 Oh hunnn! I don't want my eyes open. I'm no wannabe "woke", like yerself.
Dublin city centre is too dirty and there is a heavy vibe in the O’Connell St area still. I tell my friends visiting Ireland not to bother with Dublin any more, it’s a let down.
I live in Dublin & that’s very true, unfortunately 🥺
Anyone thinking of holidays in Ireland should just go to Scotland instead. Dublin a dump.
The 8.5 mill plus visitors and tourists who come to Dublin annually, and enloy the city, obviously totally disagree with your negative anti-Dublin attitude.
Dublinstan has become in ten years a dirty expensive dump now sadly.
What can one say but another silly comment from somebody who clearly has very little else to do with their time.
I had a one bed rent on Parnell Street for €900/month 15 years ago. Today cost €2.650/month.
It was already far too much at €900!!! These gougers need the boot!
1. Tackle immigration- it is not sustainable the way it is currently, and whether you like it or not it costs insane amounts of money to implement.
2. Invest in Garda - keep people and businesses safe and streets clean. Where to get the money from you say? Well apparently RTÈ new strategy is to increase their budget to over 700€ million in the next few years. How about getting rid of them and give it to the Garda?
3. Tackle the cost of accommodation- decrease government bureaucracy for building new properties, offer tax relief for domestic/ foreign contractors who can supply new properties. if one pub/business down the street doesn’t want a new tall building in it - they can feck off!
4. Encourage landlords, not demonise them - more people investing in rental will increase supply = therefore prices will stabilise. And ffs get rid of rent caps!
Landlords are parasites who provide nothing of value. Stop playing victim.
Get the gardai to work
@@Prodrive1 Agreed 🤝
worked as a messenger boy in late 70's and 80's jewellery shop in Henry st, was a fantastic place, safe and clean Moore st market stall staffed by real Dubs. I was in a month back lines of sleeping bags outside the shops all alond the street loads of foreigners hanging around. Why would anyone go into the city. it will shortly be as bad as London.
Blame your government people its a shame what they let happen to our city
My son grew up in Moscow. Brought him to see Dublin a couple of years back. I was excited to show him our country’s capital. He was terrified at the state of the place and wanted to leave after about ten minutes.
That’s bullshit.
@@supereliptic oh u got me genius! 🤪
I visit Dublin and am sad to see it needs a good coat of paint in many places. There's generally a rundown air in the very centre of the city. Rubbish is seen accumulated in some areas which needs clearing up. Sad to see it happening. 😔
And that Korkys fella having the cheek to say buyers are all going online. Doesn't even twig that shoe quality from Clarks to Korkys has gone to the dogs for decades now, since Recession. Empty, plastic, sh1tty shells of shoes that no woman could walk straight nor soundly in, no matter how fit and thin.
And the pair from Cornucopia and Palace Bar - why don't they "live over the shop" then? Release a few Houses in the burbs for *families* who work in Business Parks and Garda Stations and Hospitals that are not in ....guess where....oh yes, the City Centre.
You want the foot traffic?
Live the place you work.
You might just get to know it better.
For example: the majority of its indigenous, multi-generational, population aren't 1 bit interested in the notions of "Cornucopia".
Prices dublin is a 3 star city charging 6 star prices and its not safe full of dangerous migrants stay away!
The city is too dangerous for pedestrians now.
Literally, rte and tv3 even suppress the news when bizarre events happen in the city
@@Lala-kc2fw Simon's lapdogs.
No it’s not. The Nordic and O’Connel street is a bit sketchy but I’d hardly expect different up there.
They'll still vote left
Don't matter one iota which group of puppets is in office.
Waste your breath telling people
To vote other than left!
It is all their (aah sher) little brains understand
Eejits
Well we sure as fuck aren’t voting for the national party. FG is ‘Right’ enough thank you.
Who the Hell wants to go to Dublin City Center. Its over run with Non Irish.👹👹👹👹👹
That’s a lie, and you’re peddling some ugly ideas there.
Same with many town and city centres in the UK now. White flight.
The city is an expensive, filthy dirty & crime ridden kip! Why would anybody want to risk their lives going there? Blame the gov & not the ppl for wanting to protect themselves & their loved ones!
Johnny forty coats is turning in his grave.
Dublin has been dying a slow death for over a decade now. Cordoned off streets, one way roads, no access, no parking, corporates moving in where once was thriving bustling city. Cheapo foreign shops that have to be fronts with the sky high rents. There's still life but it's not what it was, not by miles. Not to mention all the closures because of the lockdown con.
Blame shopping malls and the internet. Amazon is the biggest killer of high street shops that you’re going to come across.
Thank Eamon Ryan and Roderic O’Moron…
Ryan has nothing much to do with this, it’s mostly FF/FG.
Dublin needs a executive Mayor
People were offered though and said no.
What, you don't think there is enough corruption.
And it's own police force that reports directly to the Mayor, like the NYPD.
@@gearoiddom When ?
@gearoiddom There is a proposal for a referendum, but the gov. haven't held it yet and don't plan to hold one in 2024. Cork rejected a directly elected mayor and Limerick voted for on in referendums a few years ago.
All these businesses are on the southside of the Liffey. It's almost taken for granted thar the North Inner City is a write off. These people are panicked because the malaise is spreading south of the river. It's amazing how everything is in code in Ireland.
Back in the 1970's Ireland was in denial about the drug problem. Then drugs hit Dalkey and the south of the city. Suddenly we had a drug problem and the denial was over. I recall a documentary that traced the start of Dublins drug problem to the sudden drop off on work on Dublins docks due to containerisation in 1970. From this beginning drugs have taken over the towns and cities all over Ireland and wreaked havoc on the leaderless and rejected sector of Irish society. Unless steps are taken to redeploy, reeducate and lead our people into the right way of living then worse will come.
a dump, worked in the city in the 90's, awful kip now
The city rents suggest ‘the best we have to offer’, when in reality the city centre is a disgrace. Nothing unique about it.
Filthy streets, dangerous addicts, thieves… what is there actractive about Dublin ???
Nothing. It looks scruffy and nothing about the retail stores is any different than the usual shopping centre.
It's been a long time coming, most business owners have kept their heads down.
Agreed. The neck on them complaining that their staff are nervous in morning and evening, and they could not have cared less when it was their *customers* who were nervous shopping in the handful of neighbouring shops that opened til 9 or 10 while the majority shut at 6 and 7, even on Thursdays, after Recession+before/during Pandemic, leaving the entire street delotate. Wide open for anti-social behaviour to spill in. Especially and in particular on Henry St and O'Connell (where pedestrian shoppers proceed to bus stops).
All as a result of how the current and previous few governments have managed the country! Many examples around Europe to see this happens in a lot of places. It wasnt a case of oh we had no idea this would happen!
Roma, muslims, economic migrants, are why i avoid the city center....
Then you’re kind of narrow minded. Also I’d say your lying as well because I can’t image Anton world limit themselves that much because they are afraid of an aul headscarf.
Making it difficult to park in Dublin has turned a whole lot of people off going into Dublin. Not everybody can physically use public transport and, in fact, I would regard it as prejudice against the elderly and those physically unable to take public transport or cycle (which is what seemingly is expected of all) by pushing everybody towards this. Also, in the past I would personally have looked forward to going to Dublin on a Saturday as a treat to shop and grab a bite. However, due to decisions made in relation to the above, changing all of the roads in and around Dublin, charging astronomical prices for parking, lack of policing on the streets and now a general air of lack of safety and so on, it is now not the same place at all. Bad decisions, IMO, have been made when it comes to our capital city which I personally used to be so very proud of. If you look online at other cities around Europe now and how they have managed to maintain their small shops and had respect for their history, streets etc. you would wonder who would want to come to Dublin IMO.
I've driven through the city centre a few times every year, but had no cause to stop, let alone buy anything. It's like London, all tourists and stupid prices.
If you had no cause to stop , why on earth were you driving through the city center?
Dublin was once a wonderful safe city for shopping and a fantastic place for a city break ...where I had a superb time for years...alas no more ...I would never consider visiting it now... certainly not a safe city ..not clean... expensive and way too many groups of men hanging around with little to do ...sadly not a city to recommend ..and one to stay clear of...😢😢
Big name chains have ruined local businesses. It’s awful, boring, drab and ubiquitous.
Same across the UK - identikit city centres with the same chains repeated across them. I'm from Leeds, which has sadly been like that for quite some time. Don't get me wrong, there are things going on, good bars, good restaurants, but there is little that's unique any more.
No, Amazon did this. Then and shopping online generally and the switching to streaming services. That killed the music and movie shops. Digital also killed the magazine trade which is why it’s hard to find anything good to read that don’t come from a chain bookstore (chapters bring a notable exception).
@@supereliptic good for you that you don’t buy anything from Amazon.
The only time you'll catch me in dublin is when im going to the airport.
That's a relief! Maybe next time you head to the airport, buy yourself a one way ticket.
Dublin's and all the citys in european are not safe that why people dont go there .WHAT HAS CHANGED ? ITS A scooby doo mystery
If it wasn't for those pesky kids
Scoobs says it's the kalergi plan
Scooby doo has dropped a massive poo that splattered all over Europe.
Dublin city has been gutted
Will be in Dublin in October; I'll be sure to shop in the City Centre.
Dublin is dangerous with a lot of people hanging around the streets and in sleeping bags during the day. A lot more guards and safety please
Go woke go broke
Makes no sense in this context fool
I won't go into town anymore. Because of what it's Become. Sorry but I used to shop there. But not anymore. I won't go anywhere near it.
So true. Independent businesses are almost non-existent on Grafton Street & surrounds. Landlords too greedy.
The big names and lobby groups pushed them out, Stephens green centre, they're also pushing the small businesses out.
Junkies , beggars , drunks , gangs , fights , tents , pickpockets
The comments section on here are filled with sad, unfulfilled,lonely middle aged men who's best option would be to walk into the Irish sea.
We avoid Dublin City centre 🇮🇪 COMPLETELY as it’s a kip. Migration has destroyed Grafton and now its spread across the whole of Dublin. Shame as it USTO be a beautiful place to take the family for a Saturday day trip. 😔
I think drinking alcohol smoking not fashionable anymore high streets changing. I'm Irish and I haven't drank alcohol for five yrs now. There's got to be more to being Irish than drinking...
Haa haa, more accommodation in the city centre!!!! For who????..... wake up
Absolute warzone with romanians running rampant
Love all the comments. So what are you all going to do about it? Would love to hear those who made comments provide concrete examples on what can be done to restore Dublins city Centre to some remnants of what it was like before. How do you get greedy landlords to draw tenants back? Does local governments have any programs that focus drawing businesses back and what incentives do they provide? Check out the Boston Main Streets program (Boston MA USA) which is a collaborative effort that has revitalized commercial and residential neighborhoods. It works but takes time to reverse the course of what’s happening in Dublin. Look forward to comments and future stories about what’s being done!
Don't know, reduce immigration, try to make a bigger and better or adapt/mold a new Jervis centre in ó Connell Street? Move the wax museum? Take down the spire and make more statues and monuments from our history?
Better Gpo outside and inside museum?
Public speaking/music around the park sitting areas?
@@Lala-kc2fw Nice effort,
@Love-tv5bs You must have politicians who listen to their people and care about their city, we don't have such persons in Ireland.
@@maryrose4712 brain storming is something our government doesn't do 😂
@@maryrose4712 interesting. It’s the people that do something about it and the politicians listen. You gotta be active in your community is all I am saying to make positive change.
It's the lovely people of Dublin that make Dublin, not business They come and go, the local people stay. I go to Dublin every Christmas just to hear the people on the stalls shouting out loud for punters to come to their stall and buy something. It's the people that make Dublin Cool 😂❤🎉❤😊❤
You're living back in the 90s, unless that's all sarcasm
@@prestigeworldwide5047 change is hard to accept sometimes. I don't do sarcasm.
I think the stalls are gone now. Maybe you’d be happy with some Brazilian crisps, African hair extensions, or Moldovan dumplings?😂 so diverse, so shite.
@@gearoiddom is it bad this year, .
@stephenrafter1980 bad 10 years... All the govs fault we don't have that anymore in the city centre anymore. Massive immigration, segregation and illegal immigration isn't good for social cohesion
Do two things simultaneously: 1. Introduce rent caps, as maximum interest relative to property cost. Update relative to ECB interest rates and real estate supply. 2. Considerably increase property taxes based on basement size. Else, for whom was all the city infrastructure built with the public money? These 2 measures combined will force landlords to either rent or sell unused properties. Thus put the scarce land into work.
I loved going to Dublin before all this immigration crap took off. Now I value my life I hear and see Dublin is no longer safe. Something that all media's never report, thank God for the internet .
Lies mate. If you think dublin is unsafe because of the thing in Coolock which is nowhere near the city centre or the riot a year ago on Parnell street then your out of touch. Dublin has a bit of an edge to it because everyone’s a bit mental after Covid, but this whole angle that the internet is somehow showing you some hidden truth is pure bullshit man.
How can the politicians not see what the locals see ? Country going down the tube with these illegals and they just ignore the cries for help from the people who unfortunately voted them in ! Hopefully we’ll not make the same mistake come the next election !
Irelands car addiction is the problem. Dutch , German and Scandinavian countries and citie flourish without the backward car reliance.
The strength has the same effect wherever it lands
What’s the government doing about it? They’re changing the way traffic is coming into the city. It’s people we need and to be living in the city centre, so many boarded up buildings Why? To expensive now everything, restaurants and pubs especially. It’s not the same city I grew up in anymore.
No one ever spent muchl coming to the city on a bike. Dublin has.been expiring as a cultural and commercial centre for a long time. Look.at what happened to Bewleys on Westmorland Street. Does anyone remember that extraordinary place?
Until governments bring in a turnover tax for businesses earned in their country online companies will always be cheaper , by doing this they could no longer hide behind low corporation tax states like Ireland.
Its a kip
I'm sorry but the government have very little ability to maintain failing businesses, especially for retail, shopping online is far superior and the trend will only increase, I'm sure most of us shop online. As for Pubs, people dont want to go to them anymore, sad but true.
When is the next election?
Farmers pay no commercial rates on buildings they recieve grants to build joke
As they said there have to be people living over shops its the obvious solution. Need better tax incentives to make that happen. Increase footfall and the social issues will evaporate.
You need to do what foreign owned businesses do and employ people that work for pittance or after the hours of 7 pm that are paid even less into the hand..myself and my daughter's have all worked such jobs,so this is VERY much happening.
We are Hooped
I never see garda around oconnell street..
Dublinstan
The luck of the Irish has run out!
Make plenty money by selling flip flops to the new population🚩🚩
I am not surprised .
Funny, same situation with my city other side of the world!
Welcome to Manhattan, Ireland 🙄
Gone to d dogs
GUESS WHO WILL BE LIVING ABOVE THESE BUSINESSES???????
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