Dun Laoghaire Traffic & Commuting Chat

Well if you want to go out and explain that to the locals there, then good luck!

Just because you don’t like it doesn’t mean it’s not right.

Sending the 63 any other way just duplicates the 46a or L25.

At the risk of repeating myself, the 63 is not there to be a quick bus. It is a local community bus route, one that is totally PSO. Every bus network has a mix of different types of bus routes.

If you want a quick bus that’s what the 46a and L25 are.

The bus network is there to serve everyone, not just you!

Which amendment passed for Clarinda?

The bigger one or the smaller one!?

I was watching and the council said they liked neither

LOL the usual excuses amounting to if its not perfect we shouldnt do it, as with every infrastructure project we attempt in this country the enemy of good is perfect

No Padel Tennis planned for Clarinda Park?

Come on DLRCC, make everything right in the world.

Just one court is all we ask.

'We would be told all about it'.

Indeedent we would.

You need to factor in climate change...

I’m amazed with the amount of people complaining about the changes to Dun Laoghaire. Let’s face it, the place is a dump since the 1990’s. It lacks any positive atmosphere, the shops are struggling, cafes struggle to gain any momentum, bars are awful and there’s no critical mass to make the place a success. It’s a place to drive through, not a place to stop and enjoy. The only things that offer hope are the success of the market and Living Streets! I did some work with someone who was involved in sorting out the shopping centre & the plan was to keep it ticking over rather than to improve it because there’s just not enough footfall in the area. So, without major investment & a huge rethink about how the area presents itself, Dun Laoghaire will only deteriorate further. The Living Streets project is a major step forward in improving the outlook businesses and making the place better for local and visitors.

This runs deeper than stopping cars going down certain streets, it’s potentially got very serious implications for the local economy.

As for complaints about outdoor tennis courts… it's the most stupid comment I've heard in a long time. Complainers will say anything to support their case, but it just proves that they are oposing things for all the wrong reasons.

Took the new bus L25 today down to Dun Laoire. You need to get off on York Road at Vesey stop to get to the main street. Graffiti now on the new art work in Myrtle Square. Plenty of seating there and outside the hospital. The new trees in square are coming into leaf so settled in well. There is a fancy filling station for drinking water bottles. Pleased with new busroute as more direct than 46a and still a return stop where Argos used to be. Ah so many vacant units and charity shops…..no sign of a turn around.

Welcome to the area! I've been living here since the 1970's and I remember the town being a hive of activity, it was a regional centre, had all the amenities you could need for both leisure and commerce. It was pleasant and had nice, quality shops. It wasn't second rate compared to places you call upmarket... Monkstown was a local village, Dun Laoghaire was a destination. It has been awful seeing it fall into obscurity. If there isn't radical change, it will very quickly begin to deteriorate and the cost of regeneration will be beyond any perceivable value.

Living streets will change the dynamic of the town in a positive way. We need to stop making excuses and just do it. Fairy lights don't make a place desirable on their own.

BTW, Glasthule and Monkstown evolved because Dun Laoghaire could no longer provide local people with the amenities the wanted or needed.