Is there a case For an Autonomous Dublin?

Stephen15

With the whole Catalan Independence referendum thing. As Catalonia is an autonomous region from Spain do you think it would be viable for Dublin to become an autonomous region of Ireland. There are many cities around the world that have their own semi-independent goverments. This means Dublin could make some of its own laws aswell as keeping the majority of our taxes locally.

It could
-Be divided into a number of different constituencies, representing all four Dublin Councils.

-Have its own goverment governing all four councils aswell keeping the current councils for more local affairs.

Meaning
-Most taxes kept in Dublin meaning more funding could be given to projects suchas Metro North and Dart Underground rather than bypasses and motorways in rural areas

-Dublin could have its own police force to back up the underfunded and resourced Gardai. Many cities across Europe have their own separate police aswell as the national police forces Eg. Berliner Polizei and Bundespolizei.

-More money into Dublin based projects such as housing within Dublin the centre of the housing crisis currently.

-Dublin would have some of its own semi state bodies. Instead of IE, DB and Luas Dublin could have its own transport body separate from the NTA just for Dublin similar to most European cities

-The rest of the country wouldn't be completely would completely abandoned taxes wold be divided up and some will filter out to other parts of the country and if sucessful the rest of the country could follow suit.

Opinions?

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:rolleyes:



:eek:





I'm speechless.

Donald Trump

Ah heyor. Leave it bleedin' ouh.

Snotty

Jesus, that's a lot of writing, well done OP your fingers must be sore now, so you can go to bed.

ongarite

No but it should have a London style mayor with real powers to drive & implement policy rather than the mess of councillors as it is at the moment.

Barry Badrinath

Don't do drugs kids.

Don't do what 'Donny Don't' does either.

Lone Stone

crack baby done grown up

SafeSurfer

It would have to be a very big case and it would be awkward to carry

Snotty

So is the 15 in the OPs username referring to his IQ, his age or that he lives in Dublin 15, I'd go for all 3

D Trent

ongarite wrote: »

No but it should have a London style mayor with real powers to drive & implement policy rather than the mess of councillors as it is at the moment.

+1

diomed

I thought this was about banning cars from Dublin.

John_Rambo

Stephen15 wrote: »

Opinions?

Disaster.

The death of symbiotic dependence.

If there were autonomous cities the city will thrive, the hinterland will die. Rural can't survive without the city/urban money.

Autonomous cities don't work. That's selfish. Cities are the the economic engines that support and subsidise the rural communities.

end of the road

Stephen15 wrote: »

With the whole Catalan Independence referendum thing. As Catalonia is an autonomous region from Spain do you think it would be viable for Dublin to become an autonomous region of Ireland. There are many cities around the world that have their own semi-independent goverments. This means Dublin could make some of its own laws aswell as keeping the majority of our taxes locally.

It could
-Be divided into a number of different constituencies, representing all four Dublin Councils.

-Have its own goverment governing all four councils aswell keeping the current councils for more local affairs.

Meaning
-Most taxes kept in Dublin meaning more funding could be given to projects suchas Metro North and Dart Underground rather than bypasses and motorways in rural areas

-Dublin could have its own police force to back up the underfunded and resourced Gardai. Many cities across Europe have their own separate police aswell as the national police forces Eg. Berliner Polizei and Bundespolizei.

-More money into Dublin based projects such as housing within Dublin the centre of the housing crisis currently.

-Dublin would have some of its own semi state bodies. Instead of IE, DB and Luas Dublin could have its own transport body separate from the NTA just for Dublin similar to most European cities

-The rest of the country wouldn't be completely would completely abandoned taxes wold be divided up and some will filter out to other parts of the country and if sucessful the rest of the country could follow suit.

Opinions?

in short no . i don't really believe in local government personally, it just means more politicians and hands in the pie. ireland should be subject to 1 common law and common everything. other cities have multiples of the population of this country so your idea probably makes a lot of sense there but not for ireland. dispite what is said dublin does get to keep the vast majority of what it brings in and there is plenty of money to sort it's issues, it's just the political will that is lacking and that wouldn't change if dublin was autonomous. it's government would find things to piss away the money while things that are needed still wouldn't be funded. local governance isn't suitible to british and irish political culture.