The Gardaí have been presented with two segways to patrol the capital.

Gardaí in the capital are about to patrol the streets on segways.

Don’t count against the riots in England spreading to Ireland, writes Noel Baker.

The cost of Ireland’s cold snap could cost businesses millions of euro, it was claimed today.

A new 'safe and found' scheme has been introduced in Dublin to help reunite lost children with their families.

Taxi drivers tonight apologised for blocking off part of central Dublin for almost two days in a protest over regulation of the industry.

LOCAL political, business and drug groups yesterday welcomed a major Garda operation targeting drug dealers in Dublin city centre.

Dublin has been lit up for Christmas.

The Dublin City Business Association is calling on residents to support their local economy in the run up to the Christmas shopping spree.

WRITERS, musicians and rebellious folk make up the latest list of the top 10 Dubliners of all time.

A French-designed Christmas tree lighting up Dublin's O'Connell Street this year will offer a beacon of hope amid the recession, it was claimed today.

One of Dublin’s most senior business chiefs today called for the civil service wage bill to be cut by a fifth.

THOUSANDS of shoppers will attempt to beat the post-Christmas blues today as the winter sales get under way.

More than 500,000 people are expected to take public transport into Dublin today for the traditional annual December 8 Christmas shopping blitz.

Gardaí have announced details of this year’s Operation Free Flow, an annual operation to improve the free flow of traffic in and out of Dublin city centre in the run up to Christmas, which started at 6am this morning.

DUBLIN CITY BUSINESS ASSOCIATION (DCBA) announced yesterday, at its 33rd AGM, recent improvements in public transport services and access have positively impacted on trading performance of the city centre businesses.

OVER 770,000 people and 90 trains will descend on Dublin each day in the run-up to Christmas.

More than three quarters of a million Christmas shoppers are due to descend on Dublin city centre every day, it emerged today.

A STANDOFF between two of Dublin’s largest transport agencies over a small stretch of track is stalling plans to connect the city’s Luas lines.

It seems Dublin's Spire is finally being accepted by Dubliners.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell today admitted An Garda Siochana had prepared for a low key peaceful unionist parade through Dublin city – not the hours of rioting instigated by republican counter-demonstrators.

COMMUNITY policing is crucial to the prevention and investigation of crime, Dublin’s top garda told an international conference yesterday.

Businesses demanded stricter controls on the sale of booze through off-licences today in a bid to tackle late night trouble on the streets of Dublin.

FOOTFALL on Dublin’s main shopping streets increased last weekend despite the opening of Europe’s largest shopping centre in Dundrum a week ago.

NEXT time you hit Grafton Street or Henry Street, remember, there’s a camera recording your every move.

FERGUS FINLAY admits in his rather hysterical column (Irish Examiner, November 9) that he is “a bit spoiled” as he lives on a fixed rail line called the DART.

The Dublin City Business Association is calling on the new Minister for Transport, Martin Cullen, to have the two Luas lines to be joined up.

THE battle for All-Ireland final tickets will probably go on right up to tomorrow’s throw-in but almost every football fan from Kerry and Mayo will be making their way to Dublin for the big match.

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern last night lashed out at striking bus and rail workers who brought public transport to a standstill yesterday.

Hassled motorists will be able to use a new map of the Dublin city centre car parks to shop easier this Christmas.

The Dublin City Business Association (DCBA) today met with the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport to discuss the effects unmanaged deliveries were having in the greater Dublin area.

The Dublin City Business Association (DCBA), which represents retailers and other financial interests in the city centre, has projected that during the Christmas period 700,000 people will visit the city each day.

The Dublin City Business Association (DCBA), has welcomed the range of consumer initiatives for Christmas announced today by Dublin Bus.

Escalating tractor convoys are tying up Garda resources and should be called off, a TD said tonight.

Businessmen in Dublin tonight condemned a protest by farmers which threatens traffic chaos in the city later this week following the arrival of hundreds of tractors.