We need to lose our fear of pedestrianisation-only zones

Covid helped to change mindsets and we need to build on this, writes Michelle McGlynn

A busy Oliver Plunkett Street earlier this month. Picture: Larry Cummins.

Pedestrianisation is by no means a new concept. In fact, it was 1971 when Cork’s Prince’s St became the first pedestrian-only street in Ireland.

It was 11 years later that Grafton St in Dublin became a pedestrian zone.