Blogs
7 smart approaches to city planning and design
In a guest blog post Alice Charles discusses how cities can become smarter, greener and more efficient.
How motherhood became a crime: A planner’s view on post-Tuam reform
Planning Consultant Diarmuid Ó Gráda considers Irish institutions.
Housing: no surprises
In a guest blog post Tom Healy, Director of the Nevin Economic Research Institute (NERI), discusses the housing crisis.
Reimagining the Planning System: A New Planning Agenda
The issue of planning reform has been gathering momentum recently, Deirdre Fallon discusses the Institute's response.
Cities must tirelessly innovative to respond to their challenges
WEF's Alice Charles writes on urban innovations.
The New Urban Agenda has been formally adopted. So what happens next?
Alice Charles, Community Lead, World Economic Forum, writes on the New Urban Agenda adopted at Habitat III last month.
Thinking of moving home to Ireland? Now is as good a time as any
In a guest blog Edward Rhys-Thomas MIPI discusses his experience of working as a transport planner in London and his return to Ireland.
London Irish Town Planners Network Housing Seminar
The London Irish Town Planners (LITP) network held a seminar in the Urban Innovation Centre on the evening of Wednesday, 19th October. The seminar focused on the topic of ‘Meeting Housing Demand in an Irish and UK Context’.
Habitat III
Alice Charles MIPI discusses this week's UN conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III)