Locals say concerns ignored as works continue.
“Environmental NGOs are a vital cog in our planning system”: Ministers Darragh O’Brien & Malcolm Noonan defend controversial NGOs like An Taisce – a serial housing objector – being given a “special position” within the planning process. Question by Ben Scallan.
Government says reliance on oil and gas to enable green transition will continue “over the coming decades.”
As RTÉ warns that Ireland’s sea level is rapidly rising due to climate change, Dublin City Council is investing millions in coastal housing developments. One of these organisations is very confused, says @Ben_Scallan.
Underwater.
“Particularly worrying.”
A US speech therapist has claimed that her clinic has seen a “364% increase in patient referrals of babies and toddlers” due to mass mask-wearing. Jaclyn Theek, who runs a speech therapy clinic in Florida, told WPBF News (affiliated with ABC News) that before the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, only 5% of her clinic’s […]
One of the rather more desperate attempts by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to recoup lost ground to Sinn Féin has been to focus on the latter party’s apparent track record in voting against proposals to build housing developments. Sinn Féin has indeed pursued inconsistent policies, as we shall see, but the political reality is […]