Issue 50
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Energy
Maritime Area Planning Act signed into law 23 December 2021
The Maritime Area Planning (MAP) Act provides for new consenting processes for foreshore licences, foreshore leases and planning permissions for…
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Energy
Ireland’s offshore wind capabilities are evolving rapidly
Ireland’s capabilities around the rapidly developing offshore wind (OW) energy are evolving fast and in a wide range of sectors.…
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Energy
Shaping the transformation of Ireland’s electricity grid
In November, EirGrid Chief Executive, Mark Foley and Eamon Ryan TD, Minister for Environment, Climate, Communications and Transport, unveiled the…
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Energy
Denmark’s energy islands: A paradigm shift
Denmark’s offshore wind legacy is well established. Now, undertaking the largest construction project in its history, with a projected cost…
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Public Affairs
Mol an óige James O’Connor TD
Ciarán Galway sits down with Fianna Fáil TD for Cork East, and youngest member of the Dáil, James O’Connor, to…
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Infrastructure
Europe moves towards Vision Zero
Adopted in late 2021, the EU’s Road Safety Policy Framework 2021-2030, Next steps towards ‘Vision Zero’, aims to make road…
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Infrastructure
Beyond the business case: The transition to delivery
The Public Spending Code (PSC) was first published in 2013 as a structure to ensure value for money in public…
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Issues
Climate actions to be taken in 2022
With the Government due to publish its long-term climate strategy that will plot Ireland’s path to net zero emissions by…
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Local Government
Swords: Ireland’s emerging city
Fingal’s county capital is Swords, which was originally a monastic settlement founded by St Colmcille in 560 but is now…
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Public Affairs
A Digital Parliament: Enabling Democracy
Elaine Cameron and Ciarán Doyle, Principal Officers the Houses of the Oireachtas’ ICT unit talk to Ciarán Galway about the…
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