Plan to ban cars from Dublin City

Cars will be banned from key streets in Dublin City centre in a radical transport plan to make the capital more cycle and pedestrian friendly.

Some €150m is to be spent over the next eight years on shutting areas such as College Green, Westmoreland Street, Suffolk Street and Bachelors Walk to motorists.

The ideas have been drawn up to cope with the expected 42,000 extra morning car journeys into the city by 2023 and at the same time take advantage of the Luas Cross City project.