The Irish Times

The plan for a bridge across the Liffey at Dublin's Docklands has been described as an "outrageous proposal" which would generate more traffic and pollution on both sides of the river. At a Bord Pleanála inquiry into the plan, Mr Seánie Lamb, a community representative on the council of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, said the proposed bridge would lead to a 25 per cent increase in air pollution in the area.n In his view, it was "preposterous to suggest that the solution to Dublin's traffic problems is to poison our children" for the sake of reducing traffic levels in O'Connell Street and upgrading it for the benefit of tourists and city-centre businesses.