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Why does it take so long to build anything in Ireland? Cliff Taylor: Row over cheese plant hints at environmental battles to come Sat, May 15, 2021, 01:10   It seems to take forever to get anything built in Ireland. Some of this is due to the planning process – and some is due to policy ambiguity. Two recent court decisions underline this, both providing key pointers to policy. One is about a cheese factory. The other a housing development in Dublin’s northern suburbs. The row over the proposed cheese plant at Belview in Co Kilkenny being planned by Glanbia and a Dutch partner to make s...

Oscar Traynor not only took part in the Easter Rising, joining the anti-Treaty side in the Civil War but also claimed soccer was not a foreign sport, “a Celtic game, pure and simple, having its roots in the Highlands of Scotland”. One hundred years on, even wilder claims are being made and with the same spirit of principle over pragmatism. The decision by Dublin city councillors in November to delay the Oscar Traynor Road development epitomises the muddled ideological battle lines and bloody-minded politicking that have delayed Ireland’s response to the housing crisis. Having approved t...

Dublin City Council could be waiting up to 6 years before it can start building housing units on it's own sites.