More than half of Dublin City Council's senior managers live outside the city
Would the senior management team be more attuned to the city's needs if more of them lived in it – and would it be fair to require them to?
Brian Flanagan and Lily Power want Marrowbone Books to be a meeting place as well as a bookshop. “If you’re someone who likes books – and I think these people exist – then we will have something for you,” says Flanagan.
Guidebook writers started using the term “institution” in the last few years, but Des Cooney isn’t interested in that. “It makes you feel old,” he says.