Category: Economy

March 21, 2024

Between the Canal and the M50 – room for 15 minute living!

Between the canal and the M50 – this part of Dublin is perfect for the 15 minute city!
November 19, 2020

State Boards…. not open to citizens who also happen to be public servants?

Why do we not want public servants on our state boards?
September 1, 2020

Reopening Pubs After Covid-19

An alternative approach. Pubs and meals on wheels
September 15, 2019

An equal Ireland would be better for all of us!

Despite what we have seen from our political leaders for the past 100 years, I strongly believe that Irish people want an equal and a…
May 31, 2019

Going Green? It’s no sacrifice at all!

With the recent Green Wave in last weeks local and general elections, there has been some talk about how going green means that a lot…
May 14, 2019

A health service that doesn’t damage our health!’

Today, there are reports that Dublin’s biggest hospital, and arguably the flagship of our health services, St. James’s is to be fined €200,000 because of…
February 21, 2019

The Trade Union Movement and the Environment

Tonight, at my trade union branch AGM I had to vote against a motion on travel expenses. Sometimes the risk of climate change comes between…
May 31, 2012

Sometimes you need to spend more to save

(Originally published in May 2012 on my old website, http://www.real-Dublin.ie, see it on the Web Archive here, uploaded to OisinOhAlmhain.ie in June 2019, I subsequently…