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DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL will issue a “small number of special licences” for the Team Ireland Olympics homecoming on Monday after facing criticism for not issuing street trading licenses.
Tickets are not required to attend, with the Council saying “it is fully free to the public and everyone is welcome to attend.
Team Ireland has won seven medals so far at the Paris 2024 Games, surpassing the record set at London 2012.
However, Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon called on the Council to “reconsider its decision not to issue street trading licences for Monday’s Olympic homecoming”.
He said the inner city is a “street trading community” and that amid the celebration of our “heroic Olympic champions, it is important that the essence of this community is upheld”.
“Special trading licences are usually given out for homecoming events and Monday’s celebrations should be no different,” said Gannon.
He added that most street traders are women and are “indelibly associated with the inner city and have been working in the area for decades”.
Gannon wrote to Dublin City Council to “urge them to reconsider this decision and provide licences to those street traders who have sought them”.
In a statement to The Journal this evening, Dublin City Council said “interested parties must have applications in by 12pm tomorrow to the Casual Trading Section”.
The DCC spokesperson added: “They will not be allowed to trade on O’Connell Street as per the Bye Laws but will be permitted on side streets. All designated traders are unaffected.”
Speaking to The Journal after this announcement by DCC, Gannon said DCC acted quickly to reverse its decision and added: “All’s well that ends well.”
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The rowers got a great welcome home ffs
@Peter james Lynch: I believe they got what they wanted, not everyone likes to be mobbed
@Margaret Deacon: But Peter doesn’t want to listen to that. He knows they came home without telling people but is deciding to just ignore that part so he can moan.
@Peter james Lynch: they can come to Dublin for this one. Somehow, I’d say, it’s not their thing though.
@Sal Paradise: haha
@Margaret Deacon: A car put on wouldn’t have meant they would be mobbed.
The council has too much power in this country . All they do is piss people off
@Chris Lane: which council, all of them? They don’t have enough power, to be honest. Too much central govt interference if you ask me
@Dermot Blaine: You’re confusing Council management with the elected councillors.
Council management should be accountable to those we elect. And those we elect should have the power to hire and fire management.
As it stands, councils are entirely undemocratic, and a law unto themselves.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: Councillors should have the right to hire and fire people and appoint management? A recipe for conflict of interest, corruption, and chaos! There’s always been a separation of powers between councillors and those employed to carry out the day to day work of councils and for good reason. “Decisions taken by the elected Council are called reserved functions because they are reserved for the Council. Reserved functions are set out in law and relate to important areas like strategic development or finance. Functions performed by local authority employees are called executive functions…” from the Gov.ie site. Undemocratic you say? Both councillors and management are accountable under legislation and are prohibited from acting beyond their respective powers…
Good man Gary. 100% right.
Take yizziers gold painted lampposts and stfu. That tin of paint cost €1.6b
- Irish Government
North Inner *is* a street trading community. No doubt about that.
DCC the unwanted gift the people of Dublin still keep getting…..
Dublin City Council – 3 words that seem to be invariably followed by 1 word; NO
The Council are a pure disgrace. I want to buy a souvenir gold medal in Moore Street for 3 Euro!
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