Infrastructure

Analysis: Argument for relocating Dublin Port holds no water

Some say it’s been done with Amsterdam and Barcelona, but moving Dublin Port to somewhere like north of Balbriggan or Arklow is simply not the same thing, says Trinity professor Philip Lawton

Dublin Port. From an ecological perspective, creating new land for a port the scale of Dublin’s would be an extraordinary step, and fly against our need to think sustainably. Picture: Shutterstock

The pet notion of moving Dublin port from its current location to free up space for a ‘new city by the sea’ has recently been ...