The Irish Times

An Taisce has criticised the proposed boardwalk along the river side of the Liffey quays designed by McGarry Ní Éanaigh. but, dreamed up by Dublin's City Architect, Jim Barrett. Originally, the boardwalk was to be cantilevered from the quay walls along Bachelors Walk and Ormond Quay Lower at a level below the exising footpath, so that anyone sitting down on a bench would not be seen above the parapet and would thus be insulated from the traffic noise. However, a full-scale mock-up of a section of the boardwalk, installed near O'Connell Bridge, suggests that it will be at exactly the same level as the footpath.

In a submission to Dublin Corporation, An Taisce described it as "anti-urban and gimmicky" and said it was unfortunate that this modern intervention was being made on Ormond Quay Lower, "arguably the only surviving stretch of historic quayscape".

Meanwhile, An Taisce has also spoken out over another major Liffey side project - the proposed parabolic arch bridge between Blackhall Place and Ushers Island, designed by Santiago Calatrava, the Spanish engineer-architect whose dynamic sculptural forms have made him world-renowed.