The Irish Times

The Progressive Democrats have called for Dublin Port to be relocated to a new site in north Co Dublin and its land to be developed for high-rise apartments and offices as well as shops, waterfront promenades and green spaces. "This has the potential to create a spectacular Manhattan-style approach to Dublin by sea," Senator Tom Morrissey, the party's transport spokesman, said yesterday at the launch of its plan, A New Heart for Dublin. The PD plan draws on international experience in cities such as Helsinki where cargo ports have been relocated and run-down port areas "transformed beyond recognition", he said. It would also "breathe life into Dublin Bay". Senator Morrissey said freight and industrial activities should be "moved gradually from the already overstretched Dublin Port" to a 150-acre site at Bremore, north of Balbriggan, where Drogheda Port has ambitious development plans.