Behind the Headlines: Falling out of Love with Dublin?

Wednesday, 9 February 2022, 7 – 8:30pm

In 1922 -- the year of Ulysses, James Joyce’s love letter to his native city -- Dublin of the future: the new town plan was published by Patrick Abercrombie, Sydney Kelly and Arthur Kelly, having won a competition launched by The Civics Institute of Ireland to gather ideas for the city’s development. One hundred years on, and on the eve of Dublin City Council’s new Development Plan, 2022 – 2028, we ask: where next for the capital’s civic future? Can Dublin citizens look forward with confidence in the management of our city? Or have recent controversies around the redevelopment of Dublin’s civic and cultural spaces compounded the suspicion that corporate interests come before the public good? And what must we secure, or sacrifice, as we build for sustainability?

In this Behind the Headlines discussion on the planning of Dublin, we ask our panellists what the historic development of Ireland’s cities can tell us about the capital’s future; how architecture and urban design should respond to changing social needs; and what it means to take responsibility for the civic identity of one of Europe’s greatest cities.

Speakers:

David Dickson, Professor Emeritus, Trinity College Dublin.

Valerie Mulvin, Co-founder, McCullough Mulvin Architects

Owen P. Keegan, Chief Executive, Dublin City Council

Frank McDonald, Author and Former Irish Times Environment Editor

Eoghan Ó Ceannabháin, Socialist, Activist and Musician

The Trinity Long Room Hub Behind the Headlines series is supported by the John Pollard Foundation.

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