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Eithne Shortall: Dublin increasingly feels like a failing capitalist experiment

It is hard to work out who the capital city of our country is being run for

Eithne Shorthall: The dirty streets and shuttered properties give Dublin a rundown air

Who is Dublin for? I ask myself this question every time I am in the city centre. As someone who lives on the outskirts of the city, and within its council and electoral area, it certainly doesn’t feel like it’s for residents. Dublin took a blow during the pandemic, but two years on, not much has improved. Crucially, there is no sense of a bureaucratic will for it to improve.

The dirty streets and shuttered ...