Renegade Planner
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Planning beyond profit
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“If we don’t confront rampant inequality & the sense of unfairness that it provokes, democracy will continue to suffer.”
What Democracy Means for a Society’s Bottom Line
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...
What Democracy Means for a Society’s Bottom Line
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What Democracy Means for a Society’s Bottom Line
Aminata Touré & Kevin Casas-Zamora reject the notion that political rights and socioeconomic welfare are separate or even competing goals.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
“If we don’t confront rampant inequality & the sense of unfairness that it provokes, democracy will continue to suffer.”
What Democracy Means for a Society’s Bottom Line
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...
What Democracy Means for a Society’s Bottom Line
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/d...
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Lorcan Sirr: Irish households are wealthier than ever. You’re not the only one who didn’t notice
Lorcan Sirr: Irish households are wealthier than ever. You’re not the only one who didn’t notice
There is a wealth illusion, and poorer households are particularly vulnerable to the policies that flow from it
www.irishtimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Lorcan Sirr: Irish households are wealthier than ever. You’re not the only one who didn’t notice
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Deregulation is not the answer, despite what some billionaires (!!!) say. Not in planning, not for environmental protection, and not for human rights. But there is a concerted push to present this tried & failed approach as a new, high-tech innovation. It isn't.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
We have seen before how cutting ‘red tape’ leads to disaster, especially in planning and housing
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Deregulation is not the answer, despite what some billionaires (!!!) say. Not in planning, not for environmental protection, and not for human rights. But there is a concerted push to present this tried & failed approach as a new, high-tech innovation. It isn't.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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Must-read: "Politicians should be careful about what the lobbyists wish for – the latter’s cures often make things worse.
The planning system is a key part of democracy and the legal system is how citizens hold power to account. Tinker with them at your peril"
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The planning system is a key part of democracy and the legal system is how citizens hold power to account. Tinker with them at your peril"
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
We have seen before how cutting ‘red tape’ leads to disaster, especially in planning and housing
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Must-read: "Politicians should be careful about what the lobbyists wish for – the latter’s cures often make things worse.
The planning system is a key part of democracy and the legal system is how citizens hold power to account. Tinker with them at your peril"
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
The planning system is a key part of democracy and the legal system is how citizens hold power to account. Tinker with them at your peril"
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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“Judicial reviews are not the problem & deregulation is no answer
Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse
Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse
Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Lorcan Sirr: Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer
We have seen before how cutting ‘red tape’ leads to disaster, especially in planning and housing
www.irishtimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
“Judicial reviews are not the problem & deregulation is no answer
Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse
Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Politicians should be careful about what lobbyists wish for—the latter’s cures often make things worse
Planning is key part of democracy, & legal system is how citizens hold power to account” www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
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"The “ceasefire” is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media." www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...
No, there is no ceasefire in Gaza
Israel’s bombing of Gaza is not a ‘violation of the ceasefire'. It is a continuing genocide under diplomatic cover.
www.aljazeera.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:44 PM
"The “ceasefire” is a diplomatic sham – a cover for the continuing extermination, displacement and erasure of the Palestinian people in Gaza and a distraction for the international public and the media." www.aljazeera.com/amp/opinions...
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Briefings on Irish ‘red tape’ and EU regulation for Taoiseach ahead of ‘fireside chat’ with Stripe co-founder John Collison.
Our latest set of records now available online at:
www.thestory.ie/2025/11/25/b...
Our latest set of records now available online at:
www.thestory.ie/2025/11/25/b...
November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Briefings on Irish ‘red tape’ and EU regulation for Taoiseach ahead of ‘fireside chat’ with Stripe co-founder John Collison.
Our latest set of records now available online at:
www.thestory.ie/2025/11/25/b...
Our latest set of records now available online at:
www.thestory.ie/2025/11/25/b...
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"If you go back a million minutes, get to the start of 2023. If you go back a billion minutes, you get to the Roman Empire. That's the scale of inequality we're living with." Zack Polanski
Such a brilliant illustration.
Such a brilliant illustration.
November 24, 2025 at 5:35 PM
"If you go back a million minutes, get to the start of 2023. If you go back a billion minutes, you get to the Roman Empire. That's the scale of inequality we're living with." Zack Polanski
Such a brilliant illustration.
Such a brilliant illustration.
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Former FG TD John Deasy giving the game away.
This is the plan of FF/FG on immigration - use it to distract from their failures on housing.
Don't let them. Don't be distracted.
They're the reason there are 16,000+ homeless now, and why it will continue to get even worse.
This is the plan of FF/FG on immigration - use it to distract from their failures on housing.
Don't let them. Don't be distracted.
They're the reason there are 16,000+ homeless now, and why it will continue to get even worse.
November 24, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Former FG TD John Deasy giving the game away.
This is the plan of FF/FG on immigration - use it to distract from their failures on housing.
Don't let them. Don't be distracted.
They're the reason there are 16,000+ homeless now, and why it will continue to get even worse.
This is the plan of FF/FG on immigration - use it to distract from their failures on housing.
Don't let them. Don't be distracted.
They're the reason there are 16,000+ homeless now, and why it will continue to get even worse.
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Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 23, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Rebuttal to John Collison's highly contested Irish Times “sermon to the nation", by lawyer @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social. A fact-check pushing back on the tech-optimist, deregulation-first vision - defending environmental law, democratic oversight & evidence-based planning elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
‘Believing in the supply fairy is the same as believing in the tooth fairy (sorry kids)’ Prof. Patrick Condon open.substack.com/pub/renegade...
The Supply Fallacy
Deception, Distraction and Distortion by Design
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November 23, 2025 at 5:25 PM
‘Believing in the supply fairy is the same as believing in the tooth fairy (sorry kids)’ Prof. Patrick Condon open.substack.com/pub/renegade...
How have we all collectively memory-holed the fact that the government previously mandated lower apartment design standards in 2015 over "viability concerns"?
The result was rapid rental price inflation.
www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland...
The result was rapid rental price inflation.
www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland...
www.irishtimes.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
How have we all collectively memory-holed the fact that the government previously mandated lower apartment design standards in 2015 over "viability concerns"?
The result was rapid rental price inflation.
www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland...
The result was rapid rental price inflation.
www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland...
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A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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“If the current draft text is accepted here in Belém, Cop30 will go down in history as the deadliest talkshow ever produced.“
Harjeet Singh of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Harjeet Singh of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 delegates ‘far apart’ on phasing out fossil fuels and cutting carbon
President of talks urges ministers and high-ranking officials to find common ground as conference nears its end
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
“If the current draft text is accepted here in Belém, Cop30 will go down in history as the deadliest talkshow ever produced.“
Harjeet Singh of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Harjeet Singh of the Satat Sampada Climate Foundation
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
but, but...I thought Ireland is 'gold plating' EU environmental legislation!
BREAKING: EU's top court has ruled that Ireland has widespread non-compliance with EU's main water law e.g. a lack of regulation on physical damage to our waters, & poor monitoring & control of water abstractions.
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
We face daily fines & further decline if not fixed.
swanireland.ie/2025/11/land...
Landmark EU water ruling shows systemic and abject failure of Irish government to protect water - Sustainable Water Network
The Sustainable Water Network (SWAN), a network of 25 environmental organisations, has welcomed yesterday’s European Court of Justice ruling [1] that Ireland is in breach of its obligations under the ...
swanireland.ie
November 22, 2025 at 8:03 PM
but, but...I thought Ireland is 'gold plating' EU environmental legislation!
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I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Nitrates derogation
Back in the early nineties all across the EU a rule was introduced to protect rivers and streams from agricultural run off. At the last count 7,000 out of 137,000 farms in Ireland had received a derog...
www.rte.ie
November 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
I had the a welcome opportunity to move beyond the standard Punch & Judy media setup to properly look under the derogation hood, & explore why the Government measures are failing our waters & failing our farmers.
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
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We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
What's next for the Green Party? Zack Polanski interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
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November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
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[My consistent position: there should be a moratorium on new data centre development in IE *unless and until* it can be shown to be *prudentially* consistent with GHG constraints (carbon budgets to 2035).]
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November 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
[My consistent position: there should be a moratorium on new data centre development in IE *unless and until* it can be shown to be *prudentially* consistent with GHG constraints (carbon budgets to 2035).]
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John Collison was talking utter garbage and it says so much that so many politicians fell over themselves to fellate him for writing a pack of lies
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 PM
John Collison was talking utter garbage and it says so much that so many politicians fell over themselves to fellate him for writing a pack of lies
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This, in a nutshell, is where we’re at. All the lies, the distraction, NGO-blaming and drive towards even further deregulation is to cover the naked fact that, in Ireland, big polluters pull the strings and our politicians just nod along.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
www.irishtimes.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This, in a nutshell, is where we’re at. All the lies, the distraction, NGO-blaming and drive towards even further deregulation is to cover the naked fact that, in Ireland, big polluters pull the strings and our politicians just nod along.
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...
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A terrific analysis of what the interventions of the billionaire Collison brothers into Irish politics is really about, ie: the disaste of the ultra rich for democracy and laws.
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
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On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:22 PM
A terrific analysis of what the interventions of the billionaire Collison brothers into Irish politics is really about, ie: the disaste of the ultra rich for democracy and laws.
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
t1/on-environmental-democracy-and-collisons-abundance-verse/
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Something this cursed post has revealed is that many liberals believe that cheap renewables have effectively solved climate change, and now it's just a waiting game.
You ever just sit down and realize that the rise of 21st century fascism is capital's answer to climate change?
November 22, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Something this cursed post has revealed is that many liberals believe that cheap renewables have effectively solved climate change, and now it's just a waiting game.
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Brilliant take down of Collison.
🔖 Must read
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
“On Environmental Democracy & the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
a fact-packed response by Dr Andrew Jackson, UCD ..to the fact-free claims of John Collison’s Irish Times essay #Planning #Housing #Speirgorm @ucddublin.bsky.social @andrewlrjackson.bsky.social
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Brilliant take down of Collison.