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A COUNCIL DECISION to bring in parking restrictions on Dollymount Beach in Dublin ruffled quite a few feathers last year, as you may recall.
The decision to ban vehicles from Bull Island’s two car parks – at the Causeway and the Wooden Bridge – was made after a car got stuck in the sand last summer.
A woman was injured in the incident, and the Council contended that due to the “haphazard nature of parking” the area was unsafe for emergency vehicles.
Some of the restrictions, at the Wooden Bridge (Clontarf) end of the beach were later lifted – and its now emerged that the Council has been working on a new three-year plan for the popular bathing spot and nature reserve, which covers 5km of coastline along the north of Dublin Bay.
Details of the plan were discussed with local councillors in recent weeks.
So what’s being planned?
The new scheme will see passes issued to local groups, like kite-surfing and all-weather bathing clubs, allowing them to drive onto the beach.
A new car park will also be built at the Wooden Bridge end of the island – with a boardwalk running from the car park to the beach itself.
At the Causeway (Raheny) entrance to the beach, parking will be re-arranged to allow for more cars. A new playground is also being proposed, close to the interpretive centre.
A written report on the proposals will be published next month, it’s planned – followed by a public consultation process. Local groups have already been consulted on various details.
Some elements of the three-year plan will also require planning permission – and separate consultation periods will be required for those projects. None of the new structures will be in areas important to conservation, according to sources familiar with the plan.
Local Fianna Fáil councillor Sean Haughey said he welcomed the new initiative, and noted that unlike last year’s “unilateral” decision on parking “consultation is central to this new draft plan”.
He said he was satisfied it would provide a compromise solution to the parking problem, and had to potential to enhance the amenity “for all beach users” in the future.
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Bitcoin was set up so you could keep your nose out of it central bank. when you learn from your own mistakes maybe folk will listen to you..
You are still the guardians of a broken destructive and corrupt system yourselves!
Well said Brian.
I don’t believe this bubble merchant has much to offer in terms of prudent monetary management.
Who exactly in the bitcoin industry is he referring to? There are no authority figures
I’d sooner take financial advice from Ronald McDonald
You might as well be talking to the wall you clown – bitcoin has no spokespeople. Shows how little these conmen and tricksters know about their biggest threat and hopefully their successor. Go back to “regulating” the various scams beneath your umbrella and taking orders from the ECB mr murphy.
Bit rich coming from the central bank
Am I the only one who can’t get their head around the Bitcoin concept?
To me, it seems like a very vulnerable trading medium.
If I had a load of Bitcoins digitally stored on my PC ready to “spend”, does that mean if my hard drive crashes, I’ve effectively lost my wallet? …do you need to use Cloud Computing to prevent this happening?
Are Bitcoins vulnerable to hacking?
So many questions out there – very little solid information.
You can make paper wallets containing your public & private keys. That way if your hard drive crashes then you can still retrieve your bitcoins. You could use the cloud if you wanted but that’s if you trust a third party with your money. The bitcoin network uses Sha-256 encryption which cannot be hacked now or in the foreseeable future.
You should backup your wallet. And encrypt it too.
One of the biggest problems with bitcoin is you need to be pretty tech savvy to use it. You need to understand encryption and backups. Also make more than one wallet and distribute your coins among them. If it’s done right it’s extremely secure but if not, your coins are toast.
More like the Central bank examining the possibilty of investing in some magic beans… History repeating itself so.
Bit-coin…. How to control and track the masses….
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