Opinion

Eamon Ryan, former Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (2007-2011)

Ramon Arratia, sustainability director for InterfaceFLOR in Europe, Middle East, Africa & India

With an economy fuelled by a government approach to planning that many people equate to a road building and house building free for all, it should come as no surprise that quality of life suffers

Responding to the Department of Communications, Marine & Natural Resources’ Green Paper “Towards a Sustainable Energy Future for Ireland”, Mark Coyne, Technical Director of Dalkia Ireland, outlines the challenges and responses to the three main pillars of the Green Paper – sustainability, competitiveness and security of supply.

Everyone knows that the cheapest way of doing something can turn out to be very expensive in the end. The decision to make Ireland ’s electricity system so reliant on gas is about to bear this principle out. By Richard Douthwaite.

Archie O’Donnell, projects coordinator for Éasca and the Irish Passive House Association

In an increasingly risky property market Richard Douthwaite looks at what developers can do to protect their investment.

When the two worlds of heritage and development collide opinions frequently become polarised and fraught with difficulty. There are few more vexed issues, as Tim Carey, Heritage Officer with Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council reveals

Landowners & Cement Producers Gain, Homebuyers & Taxpayers Suffer. By Richard Douthwaite