91% of respondents were in favour of it
my fave song about Capel St Guys
have a listen, tell me what you think
Back to horses
More classism.
Sadly you’re most likely correct. Saying that, many such places around the world are similar. Some heavy handed policing would solve a lot of it.
A good idea in theory but there’s 2 or 3 one way streets leading to Capel Street - where will that traffic go?
admins?
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The other way
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We’re all expected to d’on the lycra and traverse the city on our fold up bicycles now pal.
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It’s a song set in London mate
Not sure pedestrianised is the right word if cyclists are allowed
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Dublin’s Capel Street will be made almost entirely traffic free within the next four weeks following an “overwhelming” positive response to the scheme, Dublin City Council has said.
Local councillors on Wednesday approved the plans to ban cars from Capel Street for a distance of 400m making it the longest traffic-free street in the city, ahead of Grafton Street and Henry Street.
The pedestrian and cycle-only zone will stretch for most of the length of the street from Parnell Street and Ryder’s Row at its northern end, to Strand Street in the south.
Deliveries will be permitted from 6am-11am daily, after which bollards will prevent entry. All car parking will be removed from the street.
The Luas line crosses the street at Abbey Street and traffic will also be allowed to cross at this point but in an east to west direction only.
The pedestrian zone will end at Strand Street, with the area between Panti Bar and Jack Nealon’s pub to the quays remaining open to traffic.
This will facilitate the new pedestrian plaza on nearby Liffey Street, which the council said required the use of this part of Capel Street for an exit route for traffic from Liffey Street. The council said it would review the operation of traffic on Strand Street in the future to determine if any changes were required.
Cyclists
Unlike Grafton Street and Henry Street, Capel Street will remain open to cyclists, but footpaths will be retained and pedestrians “will have priority” in the roadway, according to the council.
The council last summer implemented trial pedestrianisation measures on Capel Street banning traffic from the street from 6.30pm to 11.30pm at weekends. More than 7,000 submissions were made to a subsequent consultation process, the largest number of submissions the council has ever received to a public consultation. Almost 80 per cent were in favour of pedestrianising Capel Street on a permanent basis with almost 90 per cent seeking some traffic-free measures.
A great result for Friend of the Forum, Hugh Hourican.
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no way, is there a capel street in London? for years i though there was a jewish community in Capel street in Dublin
@padjo - please update the things i learned today thread please
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Because Paddy has a problem with the drink
All the stag / hen parties will head over from temple bar.
Will be chaos
Capel st, the river Dargle, Monto (montgomery st), the Galway Races are all in Ireland and mentioned in the song. I dont think its a London song.
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wiki backs you up
cracking song when the pogues do it
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@glasagusban is so classist that he thinks that capel street is populated only by a certain type, and that middle class people don’t fight when drinking 
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https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/galway-ranked-among-top-10-27055251
Dublin the worst capital city in Europe to live in. Galway, Limerick and Cork all ranked higher as places to live.
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