'There's a cycling agenda here' - debate hots up ahead of planning meeting on Dublin's proposed civic plaza

HEATED EXCHANGES HAVE taken place ahead of a crucial hearing concerning the planned creation of a pedestrianised plaza in Dublin city centre. The planned €10 million College Green plaza would ban all cars from that section of the city, with curtailments placed on buses and taxis. An Bord Pleanála will hold the hearing later today after a number of objections from vested interests in the locality were heard. Speaking on RTE Morning Ireland, Adrian Cummins of the Restaurant Association of Ireland and Dublin city Green Party councillor Ciaran Cuffe clashed as to what the new plaza will mean and what its effects will be.

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