One Pager
One pager: A new route through planning could unlock 150,000 new homes
It’s hard to adapt Irish towns and cities. Progress Ireland’s solution is to empower communities to opt into greater levels of density.
Our Research Articles
Policy Brief
A new route through planning could unlock the suburbs’ potential
Most homes in European cities have been added through gradual infill. Current policy makes infill difficult, leaving cities frozen in the 20th century. Street Plan Development Zones could let towns and cities adapt to our changing needs.
One Pager
One pager: Ireland could build 350,000 small homes in gardens
A small change to planning rules could unlock a large number of new homes in the places they’re most needed, and help homeowners cover their bills.
Policy Brief
In plain sight: a tweak to planning rules could unlock up to 350,000 small homes
Homeowners are currently entitled to build a small office, gym, or garage on their property without applying for planning permission. They are not entitled to build a small home. Extending exempted development rules to small homes could unlock up to 350,000 homes, according to Progress Ireland’s modelling.
Policy Brief
To save up to €14.9bn on MetroLink, the state needs to upgrade TII
Ireland’s great challenge is to build infrastructure. It should do what has worked before, in this country and across Europe. It should give TII the autonomy it needs to deliver.
Policy Brief
How the “science of science” can make Taighde Éireann–Research Ireland competitive
Elite research agencies have implemented metascience to maximise innovation ROI. Taighde Éireann-Research Ireland’s (TERI’s) incorporation presents an opportunity to do the same.
One Pager
Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland should adopt the new “science of science”
Metascience can create a new trajectory for Irish research excellence
Policy Brief
Founding essay: To reach its potential, Ireland must face outwards
Deliberately importing ideas has taken Ireland a long way. It should keep going.