News Roundup – Technology, Technology and DATA
We start this week wit the announcement of a new website ram packed with old Central Statistics Office data from the last census but shows a lot of promise! Decision Map DecisionMap.ie - Is new online resource which maps census data on a number of levels including the electoral distrcts and provides one of those cool percentage box type things...
Bord Pleanála warns on relaxing planning rules
ANY RELAXATION of planning standards in response to the recession – even for land that falls into the hands of the National Asset Management Agency (Nama) – would be “extremely shortsighted”, the chairman of An Bord Pleanála has said. At a press briefing yesterday on the board’s 2008 annual report, John O’Connor also said the...
€300bn for offshore windfarms – Are windfarms a good idea?
Lets hope the ESB will speed up the connection of wind farms in the future. This industry appears to have great potential for employment in the future and who knows if we get it right we could make a good deal of money from selling the extra electricity we dont use. I would also like...
A time for building bridges
Only noticed this in saturdays irish times today. This article was accompanied with images of the Viaduc de Millau, which I had the pleasure of crossing the year it opened to the public. A truly intriguing experience driving above the clouds in the early morning! You won’t experience anything like it! HERITAGE & HABITAT: NOW THAT “development” is...
Ballymun Shopping Centre plan gets approval
A bit of good news this morning. The RPA have with drawn there objections to the Ballymun Shopping Centre development. Finally the last piece of the regeneration of the main street of ballymun will get constructed! Real Estate Opportunities (REO) said today it had secured full planning permission for the €800 million regeneration of Ballymun...
Samuel Beckett Bridge Dublin
I was in town there a while back down by Macken Street and I must say the new Samuel Beckett Bridge is pretty awesome looking! just check out the picture below and decide for yourself. The first thing to strike me about the bridge is its size. Interestingly its not that visible from O’Connell Bridge but...
Nominations for National Planning Awards 2010
This from the Irish Planning Institute: The Irish Planning Institute is pleased to invite nominations for the National Planning Awards 2010. The Awards, which are presented bienially by the Institute, aim to illustrate the diversity and wide scope of planning activity today and give recognition to successful and innovative planning strategies, schemes and developments. The...
