Let's get rid of the eyesore poor!

dd972

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/socia...plan-1.2916891

“You cannot have the wealthiest corporate clients in Ireland, and some of them [the wealthiest] in the world, living beside a ghetto of social problems,” said a source who has read the proposals.''

This sounds as if they're going to turn the current denizens of this locale into bankers and hedge fund managers, yeah right.


I read this between the lines as an East London style regeneration wherein places like East Wall and Sherrif Street have been earmarked for gentrification and the poor currently there will be shipped out and priced out to the outer fringes of the city or further beyond.

Peregrine

Talk about taking a quote out of context.

In parallel, social services and education opportunities would be delivered in a more coherent fashion and, crucially, inner-city businesses, especially the financial and legal services companies of the IFSC and docklands, will be expected to provide pathways to employment.

“You cannot have the wealthiest corporate clients in Ireland, and some of them [the wealthiest] in the world, living beside a ghetto of social problems,” said a source who has read the proposals.

Wealthy companies had to move beyond commitment to corporate social responsibility, said the source.

As for the regeneration: I'd love to see it go ahead. It's badly needed.

Your Face

Blow it out your arse.

Peregrine

You've already got a thread about this in Dublin City.