Strategy to stop ‘unsustainable’ city growth

Minister for Housing Simon Coveney has said a new “city strategy” is needed for Ireland to prevent the type of “unsustainable growth” in the Dublin region which happened over the last 20 years.

Mr Coveney said that there are “very exciting” opportunities ahead for cities like Cork, Waterford, Limerick and Galway and other towns and said the Government wants to hear from people about what they want from their city or town.

“If we don’t plan a new city strategy for Ireland we’re going to see the continued unsustainable growth for Dublin and we’re going to see the extra million people or so, that are going to be added to our population, doughnutted around the capital city which is what’s happened over the last 20 years,” he said in Waterford at the launch of the Southern Regional Consultation of Ireland 2040 — Our Plan.