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The real debate about Ireland’s dysfunctional housing market is not about the problem but rather about how to fix it. The prevailing view seems to be that the underlying problem exists because there isn’t enough interference in the housing market. Accordingly, the only way to fix Ireland’s dysfunctional housing market is through even more government […]
Some families have been forced to leave their homes because of safety concerns.
The best part of Matt Walsh’s trolling of AOC was the knowledge that she wouldn’t take the money. She couldn’t because that would mean that the state was not the best means of solving the problem. Sandy Cortez is a state-ist and every antagonistic dialectic she embarks upon has one objective; enlarge the state. In […]
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Developer Johnny Ronan has been refused permission for 1005 apartments in a 40-plus storey tower scheme for Dublin’s docklands. What do you think? Would the development be helpful in providing homes for people or does it make the situation worse? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below! Vote in our poll below and […]
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A Report being launched today by Green Party TD and Minister of State at the Department of Rural and Community Development, Joe O’Brien, is to recommend a radical transformation of how local authorities assess and prioritise housing applications from non-Irish minorities and members of the Traveller community. The Minority Groups and Housing Services: Barriers […]
In a recent study, Bethany Gull and Claudia Geist identify two paths leading to men’s increased housework participation—one non-religious and egalitarian, the other religious and family-centered. Their results surprised them, as they had expected conservative religious men to have lower housework participation due to their traditional gender ideologies. We were not surprised by their findings. We suggest there […]
Women have achieved equal numbers in the workforce over the past 50 years but research shows that, collectively, they are far from contented. What is missing from our work culture? The answer, suggests Peruvian academic María Pia Chirinos in a paper delivered at a recent conference of the London-based Home Renaissance Foundation, is relationships based on […]
Meath West TD Peadar Tóibín has condemned what he described as the “disgraceful and apparently illegal destruction of a national landmark in the early hours of the morning” after the house of 1916 leader “The O’Rahilly” was demolished. The Aontú leader said the action was in contravention of a unanimous vote by Dublin City Council” […]
A former Mayor of Tuam has said that there are serious questions to be answered regarding a house fire which occurred in county Galway yesterday. Martin Ward, the Aontú representative for Tuam, who previously served two terms as Mayor of the town, was speaking today after it was announced that Gardaí are investigating following a […]
Studies show authority and love are both crucial In the early 1960s, when America was on the cusp of social upheaval that would challenge authority at all levels, a University of California, Berkeley psychologist named Diana Baumrind began a longitudinal study aimed at answering a still timely question: How does our parenting style—including our practice of authority as […]
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