Behind the Headlines | Falling out of Love with Dublin?

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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