A new market is set to open on Dublin's Moore Street next month.
The "ethnically diverse" market will have vendors selling food and groceries from 9.30am to 10pm from Thursdays to Sundays. This new initiative has an indicative budget of €240,000 for the next three years.
The 2020 Expert Group report on the Moore Street Market, which was commissioned by the Dublin City Council, said Moore Street could be restored to its old "vibrancy and variety" with the help of new stall holders, the Irish Times reports.
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The report added that the historic street should be "regenerated into a dynamic, multicultural cross-generational, ethnically diverse buzzing street market that is steeped in history and character". It recommended that vendors be allowed to sell hot food "food in meat and fish, for example in a barbecue set up" and that vegetable sellers should be able to provide vegetarian/vegan hot food service.
Green Party councillor Donna Cooney said she was delighted at the news. Cllr Cooney, who chaired the market expert group, said having a working street market would help attract people back to living in the city.
She added: "It ticks all the boxes in terms of climate action and resilience when people are able to shop locally in a market as well as having a nighttime offering that isn’t just focused on drinking."
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