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Progress Ireland
@ProgressIreland
Sep 25
Whatever problem Ireland faces, some other country, somewhere else, has already solved it. In this piece from the archives, we round up 26 policy ideas to build more homes and rail: progressireland.substack.com/p/26-policies-…
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Progress Ireland
@ProgressIreland
Sep 8
Ireland is building homes at the fastest rate in the EU, per research from Goodbody. But we're starting from a low base. We have the third-lowest housing stock in Europe. Years of underbuilding has led to a large deficit. We still have a lot of catching up to do to meet
Progress Ireland
@ProgressIreland
Sep 1
Metrolink will be a big project. Short of building a nuclear reactor there is no bigger category of infrastructure project. But it's worth putting things into perspective. Metrolink's total cost is estimated at up to €18.8 billion. The state spent €110 billion last year. The
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Progress Ireland
@ProgressIreland
Aug 31
Science is in a replication crisis. Disappointingly often, when an interesting effect is claimed to be proven by scientific research, other researchers can't reproduce it. In this piece from the archives, @Sam__Enright takes us through the causes of the replication crisis, and
Progress Ireland
@ProgressIreland
Aug 25
Tomorrow from 5.30pm, we'll be hosting our monthly meetup at Doheny & Nesbitt's. Come along to chat policy with us. To kick things off @Keyes will talk about how small policy decisions, like how we calculate the benefits of transport projects, can have huge societal
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