There have been calls for later opening hours in Dublin nighttime venues.
A Dublin City Council survey has found that 78% of people say that they find Dublin’s nightlife to be worse than countries they have visited abroad.
The Citizen Survey Report on Night-Time Economy also found that two out of three people would like to see more night-time options in the capital.
According to the survey, the most popular foreign cities for nightlife were Berlin (42%), London (36%), Amsterdam (29%) and Barcelona (26%).
Only one in three people feel safe in the city centre at night and 63% said they would like to see improved safety at night.
Over half of those surveyed said they support an improvement to night-time transport, while 16% believe that there is adequate transport between midnight and 6 am.
The Licensed Vintners Association (LVA) have said that the survey’s findings show the need to bring forward the proposed Intoxicating Liquor Bill, as well as recommendations made by the Dublin Taskforce on how to make the city centre safer at night.
Chief excutive of the LVA, Donall O’Keeffe, said: “These survey results show the concerns of the public match the issues highlighted by Dublin publicans and others operating across the city.
“We need to make our streets safer and we need to provide better transport at night. It should be acknowledged that Garda visibility in town has started to improve recently, but for public perceptions and concerns to be addressed that presence needs to sustained for the night-time economy in the long term.
“Monday will mark six months since the Dublin Taskforce published their recommendations, yet there has been little to no progress turning these commitments into reality.
“The Government went out of their way to emphasise that meaningful action couldn’t be taken to address the issues affecting Dublin until the Taskforce had reported. It’s now been half a year since that process was complete, so what’s their current excuse?”
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