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Sam Enright@Sam__EnrightOct 22
I was nominated for some of my writing for @ProgressIreland. The winners were a paper on the effects of Irish rent control, and a report on demography. progressireland.substack.com… esri.ie/publications/the-sup… nesc.ie/publications/buildin…
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesOct 23
Congrats @Sam__Enright, finalist in the Foundation for Fiscal Studies’ Miriam Hederman O’Brien prize. Link to his award-nominated piece below
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Sam Enright@Sam__EnrightOct 22
I have a special fondness for niche professional prizes. An honour to be a finalist for Ireland's fiscal policy research award!
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesOct 14
Dublin is on track for 3m people. Do we want it to be: A city with a strong centre accessed by rail, like Munich (on the left...) OR... A city with jobs spread out along highways like Dallas (right)? Without deliberate planning and investment, we'll end up more like Dallas.
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesSep 30
See the yellow dot? That's Dublin. Of 24 rich-world cities with about 2 to 3 million people, only Auckland has less motorway and trunk road within 40 km of the city centre. Every European city here has at least three times Dublin's electrified rail.
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TheJournal.ie@thejournal_ieSep 24
Building housing in multiple small developments isn't going to solve the crisis, writes Seán Keyes - and big plans have advantages of their own jrnl.ie/7171753t
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Sarah Scales
@sarahjscalesSep 23
Ireland has a lot of hard problems to fix in our energy system. High electricity prices driven by expensive gas + rising wind costs. A grid that was built for a different era.
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesSep 16
Last year I rode a big, modern, and completely empty train to Berryessa in California. Copenhagen's metro, by contrast, carries 50x the riders per dollar spent on the California line. A lesson on how to assess rail projects. Thread below. 🧵 Link: surl.li/xubnmx
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Sarah Scales
@sarahjscalesSep 10
My piece on how other countries are addressing housing shortages was picked up by The Journal:
TheJournal.ie@thejournal_ieSep 10
Other countries are struggling with urban housing scarcity - mid-rise buildings are just one possible solution they're exploring... jrnl.ie/7157316t

Mid-rise buildings could fill the gap in 'missing' medium-density housing

High-priced housing is not exclusive to Dublin so other governments are also experimenting with policies to fill the gap.

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Sarah Scales
@sarahjscalesSep 9
In Dublin, the median house price is around five times the median household income. In Sydney, it’s 14x. Housing shortages and high prices are unfortunately common in cities across the world. Here are some things governments around the world are doing to solve their housing shortage.
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesSep 2
Big metro stations are very expensive, said @EnglishRail. Also: modern automated trains accelerate and decelerate faster. So: smaller platforms with more frequent stops can move the same number of people at lower construction cost. This was Metrolink's design approach.
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesAug 26
Next Wednesday, cabinet decides whether Metrolink advances to final tenders. Here are four good reasons to approve it. 1. Per kilometre, Metrolink would be mid-table among peers.
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesAug 19
Irish transport cost-benefit analyses assume a project won't change how nearby land gets used. This discriminates against the most transformative projects, since hanging the city is the entire point of a metro.
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Sarah Scales
@sarahjscalesAug 12
We pay more for wind energy than other European countries. In the latest auction for onshore wind in Germany, the average price was €50.60. In Ireland, it was €96.56, almost twice as much. Why do we pay so much more? A thread:
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesAug 5
Ineffective government is bad for liberalism.

Effortpost: Against joined-up thinking

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Sarah Scales
@sarahjscalesJul 29

The wicked problem of transmission line consent (and three solutions)

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Can Ireland deliver on its big infrastructure ambitions? 🏗️ Joining host @Keyes and opening speaker Sean Finlay at Day 2 of #MacGill2026 👉 🔹 Maria O’Dwyer 🔹 Prof. @BentFlyvbjerg  🔹 Robert Watt 🔹 Dr. Frances Ruane @NotreDame
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Seán Keyes
@KeyesJul 23
Good thread: loosening planning lowered housing costs on five continents.
Peter Tulip@peter_tulipJul 23
My favourite 10 examples where relaxing planning restrictions substantially increased housing supply. 1) Auckland 2) Sao Paulo 3) Zurich 4) Campbelltown, SA 5) Lower Hutt 6) New York 7) Austin 8) Edmonton 9) Tokyo 10) Croydon Here’s a tweet or two on each. 1/15
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MacGill Summer School@MacGillSchoolJul 8
We are looking forward to our opening Friday panel, "Can Ireland Deliver on its Big Infrastructure Ambitions?" This panel will bring together global leaders in infrastructure for what will surely be a fascinating conversation. Learn more at our website: macgillsummerschool.com
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Seán O'Neill McPartlin
@o_mcpartlinJul 8

What kind of housing is banned in Ireland?

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