The aim behind the blog is to chronicle all the happens of spatial planning in Ireland from a students perspective in the hope of somehow helping people understand planning in Ireland even a small bit better!
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[Guest Post] The need for transportation planning and urban development to be closely aligned

[Guest Post] The need for transportation planning and urban development to be closely aligned

My call for guest posts has been answered. This from Joe Corr, Husband/Dad, MPRII, P/grad Spatial Planning (DIT), PR professional & 1man ThinkTank. Former Parliamentary Assistant to TD & was once Mayor of Fingal (plundered from twitter). Ireland being an island nation with its major ports on the east and south coasts of the country...

€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...

Eirgrid gets permit for link

This look’s pretty sweet, for the electricity network. Hopefully it will be fully utilized for exporting all the wind energy that we have already built and in the pipeline.  Who know’s maybe one day we could become a wind energy giant with the west coast as just one big massive wind farm! NATIONAL ELECTRICITY network operator...