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2,700 vacant council houses means that the vacancy rate in the sector is around 1.8%. This is not high and questionable how much further it could be reduced. Some period of vacancy during the transition between tenants and during upgrading works is unavoidable.

My interview on the Today with Claire Byrne show yesterday rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Still struggling with the terrible TFI Live App? Do yourself a favour and download Transit instead, it actually tells you where your Bus / Train / Luas is It’s also way better at getting you where you need to go quickly, & the UI is actually nice to use transitapp.com

Dept of Housing's mismanagement of RPZ reform will trigger a shortterm supply shock. No landlord will re-let a vacant unit before March 2026. To avoid this rent control reforms are usually introduced immediately after their announcement but these were announced a year in advance!

Garreth McDaid After March 2026 they can relet at full market price, if relet before this they relet at RPZ limit so there is a strong incentive to keep the dwelling vacant.

Campaigners concerned over rising heights of car bonnets rte.ie/news/ireland/2… via RTÉ

My interview with Kieran Cuddihy on the The Hard Shoulder on the viability of delivering the NDP The National Development Plan - will it hit its targets? newstalk.com/podcasts/highl… via NewstalkFM

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GPs who take part in chronic disease management programme will not be surprised by latest findings irishtimes.com/health/your-we…

The Climate Change Advisory Council Ireland have launched their 2025 transport review. I strongly support the call, and have for a long time, changes to EV grants and to pivot them to a just transition tool. Nice see 5 of my research outputs cited. climatecouncil.ie/councilpublica…

Interesting role (2-year contract) being advertised The Wheel Research and Impact Manager #jobfairy wheel.ie/jobs/research-…

EU households used 9.6 million terajoules of energy in 2023.⚡️🏡 Main uses: 🔥Heating homes (62.5% of total energy use) 💧Water heating (15.1%) 💡Lighting and electrical appliances (14.5%) Learn more 👉 europa.eu/!d9Vb9M

The €15.6 billion in user benefits over 60 years, by a rough calculation, works out to around €700,000 per day in transport user benefits being lost from not having a metro. My article in the Business Post today businesspost.ie/politics/brian…

Loving the new proposal for Dublin’s College Green. Here’s hoping the plans bear fruit and that we don’t have another Groundhog Day. Have your say: engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projects…

Look at the one below the UK 😢

This would be a game changer for the city, but it has taken 30+ years to deliver 45km of Luas, this map has 85km+ of new lines.. the pace of delivery will have to exponentially increase to deliver this plan in 25 years.. we last opened a new line in 2017 irishtimes.com/ireland/dublin…

melreynolds AideenHayden Thanks for sharing this Mel. It is a pity the Irish government won't follow the example of their British counterparts. Council housing in Ireland is still being sold to tenants at discounts of between 40 and 60% from market value.

My Future Fund, the new auto-enrolement retirement savings scheme is coming. Find out more at gov.ie/ae

Council has called for increased support for local authorities to deliver active travel infrastructure and road space reallocation to further reduce demand on Ireland's transport sector. Read more: tinyurl.com/ypt8ydrw

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