*This was published in the Carrigdhoun Edition 24-02-2018 here To be fair, Cork is to the forefront of Ireland’s project 2040 document which outlines the spatial planning vision of national government through the National Planning Framework (NPF) and the key capital developments of that vision in the National Development Plan (NDP). Cork is mentioned a total of 73 times in the NDP 109 page document. In comparison, Dublin was mentioned 126 times, Limerick 43, Waterford 21, Ker

Data Source From 1971 to 2016, over 100,000 houses were completed in County Cork and less than 30,000 were completed in Cork city. We stopped people from having the opportunity to but close to the city by restrictive land policies (greenbelts). For half a century, we have been building houses where people do not want or need them, and in locations that are further from people’s places of work. We have constrained the supply of development land around our cities in favour of d

There is no sound to this slide video.This presentation took place at the CLRG Third Annual Public Lecture and was based on an RTÉ Brainstorm publication on 'How Local Government Failed Cork', available here The Struggle for the City: The Local Government in Cork In all countries, where we live has a big say in the quality of our well-being. The quality of employment opportunities, access to education, levels of pollution and congestion, homelessness, deprivation, segregatio

Here is a link to the Irish Examiner article which included reference to some my views. Or as Below By Pádraig Hoare Balanced development cannot be achieved and trying to achieve it would be counter-productive for national prosperity, an expert on regional economics has said. Economics lecturer at University College Cork (UCC), Frank Crowley said rather than infrastructural plans attempting to redress regional imbalance, it would be more prudent to enhance Dublin and the regi