Much discussion about social tariffs for energy this morning. See cpag.org.uk/news/exploring….

As Chair of this Commission, I'd welcome as many submissions as possible to this consultation. All Commission members are eager to see our reports determining policy on care for older people in the years ahead. This public consultation is a key input.

Are We Only 33 Years Away from the Atlantic Ocean’s Tipping Point? by Ricky Lanusse link.medium.com/QSVp5zxkvMb

There are basic inaccuracies in this piece by McWilliams but more insidious is that he wrote it in response to a decision this week by (democratically elected) South Dublin CoCo to refuse Google's proposal to expand their data centre complex in Grange Castle 🧵

Good read! Transit-oriented community development: prioritizing people-first urban planning - Kansas City Business Journal bizjournals.com/kansascity/new… via @KCBizjournal

Our Climate Actions Engagement Fund is now open for application, in partnership with Dept. Environment, Climate and Communications. Find out all the details here - communityfoundation.ie/newsroom/clima… denise charlton Eamon Ryan Ossian Smyth TD Malcolm Noonan T.D. Joe O'Brien TD for Dublin Fingal Deirdre Duffy Tina Roche Juanita Browne Liam Lysaght

REMINDER: economist and Doughnut Economics author Kate Raworth public lecture and panel tomorrow September 4th in UCD - now SOLD OUT. Doughnut Economics - from concept to practice. Livestreaming: 4.30pm - 6pm at link below. #SDGsIRL #KateRaworthUCD webinarnow.ie/kate-raworth-a…

As part of Dublin #ClimateAction Week 2024, South Dublin County Council will be hosting a family day, 11-4pm Sept 14th, at the Round Tower Visitor Centre in Clondalkin! Incl: free bike repairs, clothes swap, clothing repair café, smoothie bikes & lots of great talks #DCAW24

📢 Our first #CitizenScience community of practice hybrid talk of new term by I-CHANGE researchers Juan Estaban Quintero Marin + Dr. Anna Mölter 🇪🇺 on future of citizen-driven climate action in Dublin 📅 Wed 25 Sept, 1-2pm 📍 James Joyce Library Link 3 + Zoom docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

Join us for our in-person, hands-on introduction to TILDA data in Trinity College Dublin on 26th September. Details below.

Urban Living Dublin Every apartment in Ireland is sold on a leasehold basis & apartment owners don't own the ground beneath their home. Whole cities in Europe are built on leased land - Helsinki is an example. So I don't accept the argument that Irish banks won't lend to buy homes on leased land.

Climate pollution from electricity sector at lowest level in decades Paul Deane in #MaREI UCC Ireland talks with RTÉ Radio 1 rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

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230,000 children experiencing material deprivation - ESRI rte.ie/news/2024/0905… via RTÉ

Need for extra financial support and social infrastructure in disadvantaged communities ESRI rte.ie/news/2024/0905… via RTÉ

Darragh O'Brien QUB Planning School Eoin Ó Broin Rory Hearne Darragh Moriarty Senator Mary Fitzpatrick Richard Boyd Barrett Francis N. Duffy TD Michelle Norris Great practical discussion on the “how” we can deliver on the needed increase in social and cost-rental housing stock with academics and industry experts.

Darragh O'Brien QUB Planning School Eoin Ó Broin Rory Hearne Darragh Moriarty Senator Mary Fitzpatrick Richard Boyd Barrett Francis N. Duffy TD Michelle Norris “Regarding concerns of cultural barriers, our research shows there is a cohort in Ireland who, if delivered in a secure, affordable and professional manner, is happy to rent for their lives.” Mick Byrne speaking to his research interviewing cost-rental tenants.

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It is always a pleasure to see real social impact of colleagues when their work is cited in newspapers. Today Prof. Michelle Norris, UCDSocialPolWorkJust & director UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy Michelle Norris

If you're interested in cost rental and its relationship to the future of the PRS read this! Colm Healy Alex Pigot