"Perhaps serious thinkers should just give up trying to defend that tiny patch between the canals, and focus on the less glamorous work of serving the greater city Anyone wanting to understand Dublin should stand by the heart of the M50, near the airport, on the way to the port. Look around. Eight lanes of traffic, vans and trucks carrying the instruments of trade. Aircraft stacking across the Irish Sea, connecting us to the world. Warehouses, offices and industrial estates. This is the real Dublin economy, roaring with life."
"Eight lanes of traffic, vans and trucks carrying the instruments of trade. Aircraft stacking across the Irish Sea, connecting us to the world. Warehouses, offices and industrial estates. This is the real Dublin economy, roaring with life. This Dublin is not timid. It is dynamic, innovative, creative and uncontainable. If it were a person, it might be like CMAT, one of our newest musical talents: unconfined, distinctive, unstoppable, wonderful and internationally admired."
The busiest economic life of Dublin is concentrated around the M50, the airport and the port. Multiple lanes of traffic, freight vehicles and aircraft link the city to national and international trade. Warehouses, offices and industrial estates underpin a bustling, uncontained economy. That part of the city is dynamic, innovative, creative and outward‑looking. The energy there is comparable to a celebrated, unconfined cultural talent — distinctive, unstoppable and admired beyond local boundaries. Attention and resources should reflect the broader, functioning economic core rather than focus narrowly on a small inner‑city enclave.
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