The Big Picture
Vincent Boland: Future of Dublin lies in the management of success
Modernity may be alien to the Irish bureaucratic and policy mindset, but we must embrace it if the capital is to fulfil its potential as a truly European city
If there is a single location that sums up everything that bugs me about Dublin today, it is the corner of Russell Street and North Circular Road. This site is a few metres from Croke Park and a short walk from O’Connell Street, but it has been vacant for at least a decade and is now completely derelict.
I pass it nearly every week, and each time the spectacle fills me with dismay and bafflement ...
