John Lynch

Photo of new apartments, Soho Foundry, Townsend St Belfast, 2 bed ground floor £189,950 asking price

Photo of new apartment Manchester, total area 75m2, apartment area 68m2, balcony 7m2, price from £299,995

🪧 New apartments for sale

Manchester 2-bed
£299,995 (€341,000)

Belfast 2-bed
£189,950 (€216,000)

.. & yet according to Dept of Housing urban apartments cost €535,198 to deliver in Dublin 🧐

But design isn't magic. To address a wicked problem is to look for its roots-and there's no hexagon map for getting there. Stop at "insufficient competitiveness" and what you get is a solution that can be tidy exactly because it doesn't touch the deep causes of Gainesville's economic stagnation. You get a solution that's indifferent to the legacies of slavery and segregation, to the highway projects that systematically cut off and blighted East Gainesville, to East Gainesville's miserable public transportation, and to Florida's $8.46 minimum wage. Stop at that top turtle and you miss that it's turtles all the way down.

"But design isn't magic. To address a wicked problem is to look for its roots - and there's no hexagon map for getting there".

Annual repost of @maggiegram.bsky.social on "design thinking"

Are we in this fiction, or are just they?

Two women - one older; one elderly - cycling on a segregated cycle lane in the Netherlands.

In the Netherlands, where the Dutch invest in safe cycling, the over-65s cycle around a quarter of their journeys, while the over-80s cycle around 10% of theirs.

Low Traffic Neighbourhoods and cycle lanes don't 'restrict freedom', they expand it.

I find I notice about one thing a month, but not as much as in the past. Maybe because OS’s have become more reliable, maybe because I don’t move around as much as I used to. 🤷‍♂️

Absolutely LOVE catching these tech failz in the wild - I get great joy out of spotting a windows blue screen in a garage forecourt or a “Press CTRL-Alt-Del” behind an airport makeup stand. Partly because I know how much this shit costs 🤣

Sad I missed this one.

Best critique of AI I’ve read yet 😂

Four-year delay to major upgrade of Dart network 'flies in the face' of best practice It was hoped construction could begin on Dart+ South West next year – that’s now been pushed out to at least 2030.

There must be half a million people who will be disadvantaged by this decision. We need organised protests.
#BuildItNow

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Four-year delay to major upgrade of Dart network 'flies in the face' of best practice It was hoped construction could begin on Dart+ South West next year – that’s now been pushed out to at least 2030.

So much about how FF & FG have run this country is far from best practice.

Four-year delay to major upgrade of Dart network 'flies in the face' of best practice jrnl.ie/6886810

#spéirgorm

Evara gets planning permission for over 877 Dublin homes Homebuilder Evara has received planning permission from South Dublin County Council (SDCC) for a new 877-housing and apartment development in Adamstown in Dublin.

877 new homes approved in Adamstown today, DART+ South West postponed by the government yesterday despite being shovel-ready. Disaster.
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This victim-blaming shit again. Rage inducing that this ineffective messaging is being funded with our public money instead of actual enforcement of the law.

I could dress up in fireworks but the 6 in 10 drivers looking at their phones each morning would still hit me. Enforce the law, stop blaming the victims.

This is the kind of benefit the Grand Canal Greenway could bring to Castleknock, if the residents would allow it be built.

So, @kilkenomics.bsky.social was a thing… wish I could spend more time, but it was a good talking the economics of design with Seán Keyes and Ciarán O’Gaora. Huge opportunity for Ireland, if we can get past the “stuff for the yanks to buy” mentality.

April: If we don’t get Housing right in seven months, we’re screwed.

November: Housing crisis here until 2040.

Ye’ve been repeating the same lines as the racist thugs who light things on fire, but ignoring peaceful protests highlighting housing, Palestine, and healthcare.

Practically encouraging the same incidents you condemn.

Some of the comments from Irish government leadership about immigration lately could make one wonder if violent and destructive “protest” is the most viable means to get policy change.

I don’t see them responding to peaceful efforts on other issues.

Pander, pander, pander. Prophet Song prequel.

That said, other cities have excellent coverage in private-sector apps like Citymapper and Transit. The latter was great for Dublin until recently.

“don’t privatise your railways and don’t nationalise your sandwiches”

Some things might be better delivered with public money, others with private.

While I know nothing of the specifics, the likelihood is this was procured, with a long framework, and design had no part in the conversation. Tech-led procurement constantly fails us.

Ireland has government design principles to help avoid disasters like this. But awareness and resourcing is dire.

Free 300-litre waterbutts available for residents on Leix, Fertualla, Erris, Annaly, Offaly & Bregia Roads.

Help prevent flooding and provide free water for your plants.

Can be installed in gardens, sheds or anywhere there’s a downpipe (not suitable for cast iron).

Email hello@connectingcabra.ie

He should be aware of his own personal safety and take steps to be as safe as possible at all times.

A day spent training public servants in design mindset and methods, a day spent learning about the challenges they face, but also the energy they bring to delivering #BetterPublicServices in their every day.

And not just greenways… yesterday’s experience was Chesterfield avenue at 5:30pm!

I’ll do it free gratis 👋🏻

We need this, but for scramblers.

History, architecture, Halloween & more! 🎃🏛️ Join us at Collins Barracks this Oct for sensory-friendly hours, family workshops & themed tours. #CollinsBarracks #DublinEvents #FamilyFun #BramStokerFestival #OpenHouseDublin

History, architecture, Halloween & more! 🎃🏛️ Join us at the National Museum of Ireland, Collins Barracks this October for sensory-friendly hours, family workshops & themed tours #CollinsBarracks #DublinEvents #FamilyFun #BramStokerFestival #OpenHouseDublin
Full lineup at
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BIG update in the ongoing battle for pitches in Dublin 8: public consultation has just opened on what is needed for a successful pitch facility at Marrowbone Lane.

It's open until 21st October 2025: engage.dublincity.ie/en-IE/projec...

Interesting to see the word “their” in quotes. Street we’re moving to is really short of kerbside space, while the next street has loads. Be cool to open up what’s meant by “their”.

Number of roads policing gardaí 'unproductive' - report A report into roads policing has found that a number of gardaí are "unproductive" and appear to be demotivated and unconcerned with doing an effective, professional job.

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