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Greater Dublin Area (GDA) is a loosely defined term which is used to describe the city of Dublin and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal, Kildare, Meath, South Dublin and Wicklow of the Republic of Ireland. The term is described in the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (Section 21) and a number of other statutory instruments for the purposes of planning and development throughout the area. The area is covered in these contexts by the combined "Dublin Regional Authority" and "Mid-East Regional Authority". Image File history File links Greater_Dublin_Area. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown1 (Irish: Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland forming part of the traditional county of Dublin. ... South Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath Theas) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland which forms part of the traditional county of Dublin. ... Fingal (Fine Gall in Irish, meaning foreign tribe, i. ... County Meath (Contae na Mí in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. ... County Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. ... County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown1 (Irish: Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland forming part of the traditional county of Dublin. ... Fingal (Fine Gall in Irish, meaning foreign tribe, i. ... County Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. ... County Meath (Contae na Mí in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. ... South Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath Theas) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland which forms part of the traditional county of Dublin. ... County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ... Planning is the management function that is concerned with defining goals for future organizational performance and deciding on the tasks and resources needed to be used in order to attain the said goals. ... Development has meaning in several contexts: Science and Engineering Biological development of embryos in the context of developmental biology Child development or post-natal human development (pediatrics, etc) Software engineering, the methodology and process of development of computer software Technology development in industry, as in Software development New product development...

Estimates published by the Central Statistics Office suggest that the population of the Greater Dublin Area will reach two million by 2021. The figures are based on a regional breakdown of previously published national population projections and assume that current demographic trends will continue. The Central Statistics Office is the statistical agency responsible for the Republic of Ireland census and other related data collection activities to assist in government planning. ...

Population

• Dublin City - 495,781 (2002)
• Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown - 191,792 (2002)
• South Dublin - 238,835 (2002)
• Fingal - 196,413 (2002)
• County Meath - 134,005 (2002)
• County Kildare - 163,944 (2002)
• County Wicklow - 114,676 (2002)

• TOTAL - 1,565,446 (2002)

Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin Region. ... Dun Laoghaire–Rathdown1 (Irish: Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland forming part of the traditional county of Dublin. ... South Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath Theas) is an administrative county in the Republic of Ireland which forms part of the traditional county of Dublin. ... Fingal (Fine Gall in Irish, meaning foreign tribe, i. ... County Meath (Contae na Mí in Irish) is a county in the Republic of Ireland, often informally called The Royal County. ... County Kildare (Irish: Cill Dara) is an Irish county located to the southwest of Dublin in the province of Leinster. ... County Wicklow (Contae Chill Mhantáin in Irish) is a county on the east coast of Ireland, immediately south of Dublin. ...

Alternative

Greater Dublin Area is often used interchangeably, but somewhat inaccurately, with the term "Dublin Region" (Population: 1,122,821 (2002)) — the area of the four Dublin local authorities under the Local Government Act, 1991 (Regional Authorities) (Establishment) Order, 1993; and the term "Dublin Metropolitan Area" — the urban part of Dublin as defined by various statutory instruments, mainly those referring to the Garda Síochána and court proceedings. County Dublin (Irish Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath), or more correctly the Dublin Region (Réigiúin Átha Cliath), is the area that contains the city of Dublin, the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland; and the counties of Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Fingal and South Dublin. ... A member of the motorcycle unit of the Garda Síochána. ... The courts system in the Republic of Ireland consists of the Supreme Court, the High Court and a number of lower courts. ...

See also

• Pale

The Pale or the English Pale comprised a region in a radius of 20 miles around Dublin which the English in Ireland gradually fortified against incursion from Gaels. ...

External link

• RTE News - Greater Dublin population to reach 2 million
• Regional Planning Guidelines Greater Dublin Area