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Brigh Ryan
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Town Planner. Regionalism. Urbanism.
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“For once, we’ve the weather to match our aspirations,” said the Green Party councillor Dan Boyle, Lord Mayor of Cork, as he launched the Shandon integrated urban strategy (IUS) in glorious sunshine yesterday.
New strategy aims to ‘breathe life into Shandon’
The Shandon IUS, drafted by Cork City Council in consultation with the Shandon Neighbourhood Team and Consultancy Team, is “an action-based roadmap ...
www.echolive.ie
April 3, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Conor McGregor represents ‘very worst of toxic masculinity’ - Tánaiste
Conor McGregor represents ‘very worst of toxic masculinity’ - Tánaiste
Garda criticises MMA fighter’s remarks on crime rates in Dublin in wake of contentious St Patrick’s Day visit to White House
www.irishtimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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I celebrated St Patrick’s Day with people from dozens of different countries, all peacefully getting along and trying to live good lives alongside each other in a tolerant and diverse country.

The racist visiting the White House today doesn’t represent us.

🇮🇪☘️
March 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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“developer-led locations, plonking giant housing estates on fields on the edge of towns, places where it’s all about driving.. whilst brownfield sites lie unbuilt & derelict & high streets are dying”

Because govts favour speculative ~land~ developers for housing www.bigissue.com/news/housing...
Why are new housing estates forcing people to rely on cars?
New housing estates are focusing on cars rather than public transport, argue campaigners, but King Charles' Poundbury plan bucks trend.
www.bigissue.com
March 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Unintended consequences here of some aspects of the contributions waiver that drove commencements last year ⁦‪@businessposthq‬⁩
March 2, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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“Property has its duties as well as its rights” good read in ⁦‪@IrishTimes‬⁩
March 6, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Have you read the latest monthly climate summary by #C3S? February 2025 set an all-time record low for global sea ice extent and ranked as the third warmest February. Find out more in our summary of the February 2025 Climate Bulletin.
🔗 climate.copernicus.eu/february-202...
March 7, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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Blog: '20 years ago I chaired the TCPA’s cross-party commission on the country's uneven economy. I noted that without a national framework to guide key projects, England would ‘drift directionless, reinforcing a belief that the winner takes all.’ And so, it is proving again.'
Regional policy: the North-South divide - Town and Country Planning Association
Sometimes government indifference, however parochial, can speak volumes about two-speed England, national priorities, and the absence of any regional policy, from spatial planning strategy to focused…
buff.ly
March 7, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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Can Special Economic Zones (SEZs) still attract investment in today’s economy?

📊 A new OECD article explores SEZ evolution from Shannon 🇮🇪 to Shenzhen 🇨🇳 & beyond. Read more 👇

🔗 oecdcogito.blog/2025/02/28/c...
Can Special Economic Zones spur regional attractiveness?  - Cogito COGITO
Special Economic Zones (SEZs) have evolved beyond tax incentives to boost regional growth, focusing on infrastructure, digital connectivity, and talent. From Ireland’s Shannon Free Zone to China’s ind...
oecdcogito.blog
February 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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I find this very moving: a 10-year-old Ukrainian boy who moved to the West of Ireland 2 years ago as a refugee, speaking in Irish of his love of playing Irish music
February 21, 2025 at 4:07 PM
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Donald Trump, a neuropsychologist’s view: Untrammelled power is making him behave like a coked-up reveller
Donald Trump, a neuropsychologist’s view: Untrammelled power is making him behave like a coked-up reveller
US president is proving capable of shredding the rules-based world order and replacing it with a gangland ethos in the Putin mould
www.irishtimes.com
February 12, 2025 at 9:54 AM
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A new visual mapping tool has been developed to give planners, policymakers and local authorities a detailed view of economic and social trends emerging across the country
New tool mapping economic, social trends to be launched
A new visual mapping tool, the National Census Atlas, has been developed to give planners, policymakers and local authorities a detailed view of economic and social trends emerging across the country.
www.rte.ie
February 6, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Do me a kindness! Share this if you love and support your local library & librarians (and remember: that includes your school library & school librarian) 😊📚

Thank you libraries & library workers… for everything ✨💚
January 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Very significant High Court ruling here on the obligations imposed on public bodies by Section 15 of the Climate Act
www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
High Court rules An Bord Pleanala must prioritise climate law in wind farm case likely to affect all public bodies
The High Court has ruled that planners did not fulfil their duty to comply with climate law in a judgement expected to have far-reaching implications for all public bodies.
www.independent.ie
January 11, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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2024 set a record as the warmest in history, with the average global temperatures 1.6°C above pre-industrial levels.

Multiple global records were broken, contributing to extreme events, including floods, heatwaves and wildfires.

The impact of human-caused climate change accelerates.
January 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Elon Musk’s political evolution – podcast www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2...
Elon Musk’s political evolution – podcast
Why is Elon Musk increasingly trying to influence UK politics?
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM