Our Research Articles

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Four ways to build more housing and rail at €0 additional cost

Progress Ireland 07/10/2026

A transport planner’s perspective on Metrolink

Policy Brief

A transport planner’s perspective on Metrolink

All surface-based transport has a ceiling. Metrolink bypasses it.

Progress Ireland 02/09/2026

Cabinet should approve Metrolink’s AG2 next week

Policy Brief

Cabinet should approve Metrolink’s AG2 next week

An anchor tenant project.

Seán Keyes 26/08/2026

An obscure government calculation throttles housing

Policy Brief

An obscure government calculation throttles housing

Why Ireland structurally under-invests in transport infrastructure.

Seán Keyes 19/08/2026

Why Ireland pays more for wind energy

Policy Brief

Why Ireland pays more for wind energy

The cost of a congested grid.

Sarah Scales 12/08/2026

Against joined-up thinking

Policy Brief

Against joined-up thinking

Fewer objectives would be better.

Seán Keyes 05/08/2026

Policy Brief

The wicked problem of transmission line consent (and three solutions)

Sarah Scales 29/07/2026

Policy Brief

Monthly meetup at Doheny & Nesbitt’s

See you on Wednesday 29th July

Sarah Scales 24/07/2026