If you are saying, ‘Oh here he goes again with his ‘move the port’ idea’, fair enough. But years ago I was accused of writing too frequently about a coming property crashA cruise ship docked in Dublin Port; 'there is nothing wrong with the port, it’s just in the wrong place'. Photograph: The Irish Times’s waterfront view is a high grey wall, topped with rusty barbed wire to keep the people out.
It is clear that in terms of urban development, long-term thinking points to moving Dublin Port to a green-field site The site beside the Port Tunnel is home to a giant car park. Take that in! It is one of three sites around the port that were identified by the Land Development Agency as having potential for residential development, with space for at least 1,200 homes. Bear in mind, we’re talking about 10 acres of prime land in our capital city that is within walking distance of existing Luas lines.