Dublin is “absolutely crying out” for a European-style food market that could act as a cultural meeting space and bring people back to the city.
“When we talk about the reason we need it - I want it because it just sounds class - but when we think about how we revitalise the city … when we’re losing commercial footfall to the M50 shopping centres and we need to bring people back into the centre, that has to be food and culture.“We’ve had numerous calls on them to open it up now. I called them again today and they said construction ‘may’ begin on the market in 2025.Smithfield Fruit Market in Dublin.
“Dublin City Council, I can’t understand why, seems to have fallen into some form of malaise in terms of really pushing this vision forward for the city,” he said. “Imagine Moore street, which is up for redevelopment, coming up through Henry Street on to Capel Street - newly pedestrianised - and coming into this market that is absolutely big and glorious with a couple of theatres around the complex,” he said.
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