Thread by @MichaelsCoDub

*Fruit and Veg Market – a Thread * Take a Seat !
Following on from a meeting yesterday, in which I was privileged to be the first person to see an extremely well thought out presentation that will hopefully end up in us having possibly the best municipal market in Europe

I had goose-bumps watching the presentation unfold and it led me to believe that rather than us having to complain and ask the question of
“why don’t we / can’t we have a market”,
I can now share the positivity of posing the question “how can we help get this over the line”

it’s looking like it will become a reality with the support of the food industry, the council and the local people.
We now have a viable proposition to get behind, one that is in keeping with the traditions and spirit of the existing site, architecture and history......

and not becoming a soulless chain or pastiche food hall or yet another hotel or air b n b block.
I have been treated very respectfully and people have given up their time to meet and put all of my concerns to rest and show me what they are hoping to achieve.

I’ve been asked to not give out too many details, as it’s a huge project and way beyond my own capabilities, but things will become much clearer very soon.

I can truly say I’m really really really excited – we, as a nation might just do this and it’s being done with a huge amount of civic pride and a deep personal interest in creating something special by good people for the right reasons.

A talented team who have been toiling towards this project ; A market for the people.
A project with long term goals of using this space to offer several ways to give back to the community & most importantly keeping it uniquely Irish, unashamedly Irish,
full of Irish produce

Let’s go get this market x