Fionn Davenport
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197 appearances
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first heard Jan 2026
last heard 26 Jun
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The Claire Byrne Show · Lonely Planet describes O’Connell Street as ‘troubled’ · 26 Jun 2026
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I think it's what most Dubliners have been concerned about for, I mean, unfortunately, quite a long time.
I think it's a city that during the day is a hive of activity.
There's loads of stuff going on.
But then if you look around, you look up and there's a little partial dereliction.
There's like undeveloped buildings.
There's a sense that O'Connell Street has lost, you know, that faded grandeur.
Once upon a time, this was Dublin's grandest boulevard, a boulevard that sits along the Champs-Élysées or the Unterwand Linden in Berlin, you know.
And yet for quite some time, this is a street that has struggled to recapture its former identity.
Lots of social problems, particularly once the sun goes down.
And I think for me, it was just trying to reflect that as accurately and as fairly as possible.
I'm in town.
I'm in town five days a week.
I'm from Dublin.
I live in Dublin.
I walk O'Connell Street all the time.
You know, it's not, unlike, say, for example, when you're writing about a city that you're not living in, you know, where you go and you visit, etc., etc.
This is the city that I live in.
I'm reporting on the city, on my city.
And I think it's important to say is that in no sense am I trying to do Dublin Down.
I'm not.
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