Mixed review of legacy of Ireland’s bad bank by @killianwoods.bsky.social in today’s @businesspost.bsky.social

Thanks Mel, much appreciated

Ordered and looking forward to reading!

Volume of people on Dublin cycle route "like Amsterdam" says local Cllr as 400 bicycle lights handed out within an hour @donnacooney1.bsky.social “I’ve never seen so many people of all ages cycling in Ireland, and this was a wet, dark January evening; it was amazing, irishcycle.com/2026/01/15/v...

Great summary here for UK housing sector “Weekly Summary: 16th January 2026 – BuiltPlace” builtplace.com/weekly-summa...

“Everything is slow when it comes to climate and delivery of climate action, unfortunately, and you would wonder how much of a priority it is for this Government,” @irishtimes.com

@cameronjoseph.bsky.social looking at ‘housing burden’ (HB) in Ireland, it’s hovering around 24 for first and second time buyers at present. Even when affordability (price to income) goes from 4 to 4.8 by 2027, HB stays at 24.

Negative sentiment still surrounds construction sector towards the end of 2025 @irishtimes.com

Negative reaction to tightening of Judicial Review rules in today’s @irishtimes.com by @antaisce.bsky.social

“We shouldn't be aspiring to poor quality decision-making. If you are troubled by the prospect of a decision being quashed, you better make sure it's bulletproof” @businesspost.bsky.social

NASA Science Meltwater Turns Iceberg A-23A Blue - NASA Science share.google/lwxA1R91X9wg...

State stepping into PRS shoes in @dccbeta.bsky.social

Expensive proposed sales prices for social housing South Dublin @irishtimes.com

Very interesting figures “2025 Highlights Ireland 2025: The Year in Numbers” CSO www.cso.ie/en/releasesa....

Here are the 8 art openings we are excited about in 2026 @wallpapermag.bsky.social www.wallpaper.com/art/eight-ar...

Single first time house buyers increase despite price inflation in 2024 @businesspost.bsky.social

A lot to digest here “.. the cheapest nationwide average rent for a one-bed apartment or house is now more expensive than the mortgage repayments for a first-time buyer (€1,345) on a €350,000 one-bed house over 30 years” @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Good read “the cost of supplying a home today is the benefit of waiting for tomorrow” @cameronmurray.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/fresheco...

Good read- a large 546 unit certified passive standard apartment scheme in Dublin @phplus.bsky.social @jeffcolley.bsky.social @dlrcc.bsky.social passivehouseplus.ie/articles/cas...

“..decarbonisation and fuel poverty alleviation are [not] the same thing” @phplus.bsky.social @jeffcolley.bsky.social passivehouseplus.ie/blogs/why-en...

Interesting article here on the trend of rising First time house buyers in Ireland @businesspost.bsky.social

61,000 households availed of state assistance purchasing new homes @irishtimes.com

Interesting trends here in Judicial reviews particularly in Housing Decisions by @fplogue.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/pulse/planni...

the tallest mass timber building in oregon is holst's julia west house, built by walsh. it sits on a 5,000 sf parcel. no, that's not missing a zero. archello.com/project/juli...

House prices doubling every 10 years. @irishtimes.com

Swings & Roundabouts “Former DIT building could return to State ownership if Dublin City Council bid accepted” @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/ireland/dubl...

“We have a caretaker Government – low battery, low energy, low ambition. The massive, useless Planning and Development Act says all that has to be said about them. We are in the political doldrums.” @irishtimes.com

average EU salary rankings www.euronews.com/business/202...

Spain fines Airbnb €64m for listing unlicensed properties on platform www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

..sentiment suggests continued construction price inflation will feed into low “supply high price equilibrium” @irishtimes.com

“..buyers face a big affordability gap with sales prices for a two-bedroom apartment ranging from €480,000 in suburban medium-rise schemes to €650,000 in an urban development” @irishtimes.com

Soaring rents and ageing renter population leaves many ‘financially exposed’, says insurer www.irishtimes.com/business/202...

Keith Lowe takes the pulse of the residential market in today’s @businesspost.bsky.social

“There’s a saying in business; culture eats strategy for breakfast. Will this culture of caution devour the Government’s new infrastructure strategy?” archive.ph/2025.12.06-1...

Apartment prices only going one way at the moment despite government initiatives - @businesspost.bsky.social

“As we saw only last week, the real delay on many infrastructure projects is the Government itself, which wants to divert spending into road projects, putting several shovel-ready public transport projects on ice — even though they are needed to serve new..planned housing” archive.ph/2025.12.05-1...

Agents give views on housing market in 2026 www.irishtimes.com/property/res...

“The saga of the Melbourne Metro.. serves as a stark warning for any heavy rail project dreamt up in a pre-pandemic world.. there was hope that the pandemic was a blip—a temporary interruption to the.. growth of mass transit.. There is no.. recovery” open.substack.com/pub/gross/p/...

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Good read “Paul Hosford: The Government says it’s not them — it’s us. But is that really why nothing gets built?” www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/colu...

In the midst of a housing crisis—with 16,766 people, including 5,274 children, relying on emergency accommodation and likely to hit 17,000 by Christmas- Baggot Street Hospital closed in 1987 and has been vacant for roughly 38 years, yes, 38 years.🙈 #HousingCrisis #DerelictIreland #VacantIreland

“Cork homes lie empty for 15 years amid delays in connecting to wastewater network” @irishtimes.com www.irishtimes.com/ireland/hous...

“The BCMS figures indicate that since the Government abandoned the strategic housing development system, a fast-track mechanism that became engulfed in legal challenges, planning determination rates have increased.” @irishtimes.com

“The proportion of tenancies provided by large landlords with 100-plus tenancies has now increased for nine consecutive quarters to 14.2 per cent today.. the number of registered tenancies grew 1.9 per cent annually to a total of 240,741” @irishtimes.com

Good read “Judicial reviews are not the problem – and deregulation is no answer” ⁦‪@IrishTimes‬⁩ www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...

Must read “..almost the entire variation in property prices can be explained by just two factors: incomes and interest rates. The “thousand other reasons” so often cited to explain price movements? They’re mostly just noise.” open.substack.com/pub/fresheco...

Prices currently doubling every 9 years (via @thejournal.ie ) “New dwelling completions up by 13% as property prices increase by close to 8%” jrnl.ie/6884169

Interesting read “Norway's lesson for Europe on wealth taxes: let some millionaires go”- www.reuters.com/business/nor...

Winter’s morning at Killiney beach