Could a stylish scheme of village fronts change Russia? Grigory Potemkin, 1787
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Employment in Ireland has seen an increasing shift towards tech services and other knowledge intensive industries. Here i look at the implications for wage inequality and housing
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This is a bonus post for paid subs first, but free in two weeks. One off housing will be a set piece conflict between 'populism' and 'expertise'. My hunch is lots of housing politics will be along these lines in coming years
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Bonus post out today (for paid subs, paywall removed in 2 weeks) based on a seminar I attended last week looking at communication strategies in the context of housing/immigration in UK
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We're running a @dublininquirer.com Summer School at the end of this month, with sessions on how to get information from local government about what's its doing/not doing/ planning in your neighbourhood, and how to annoy them into making positive changes. Come join us!
Part 3 of the series on knowledge economy looks at housing and inequality @barratree.bsky.social @stephenkinsella.bsky.social @
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For four hours, two Ugandan care workers, Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot, were barricaded into their house near Crumlin Road, north Belfast, as smoke leaked in, and flames licked the walls of neighbouring properties.
Because it's the interegnum and morbid symptoms abound
Irish Literary Times
Sam Tranum
Bonus post
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On 27–28 June, we’re running six different sessions aiming to offer skills and knowledge useful to journalists, and others trying to make the city a better place.
He hovered for years on the fringes of the community, generating unease. He never married, had no children, lived alone.One acquaintance described him as ‘a very shy, lonely person’. He was also interested in guns. Kevin Power on the perpetrator of the Dunblane massacre. drb.ie/article/mass...
Luke Butterly
Czech PM Babiš wants to live until 120 and rule over everything
Dublin Review of Books
Could a promised scheme for stylish shopfronts change O’Connell Street? To date, Dublin City Council’s shopfront improvement scheme has covered the Liberties, Ballymun and Finglas.
Sumayah Nakazibwe and Stella Ariokot feared they would be next as fires took hold of neighbouring houses
<div><img width="600" height="400" src="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/06/11-600x400.webp" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" decoding="async" fetchpriority="high" srcset="https://static.euobserver.com/2026/06/11-600x400.webp 600w, https://static.euobserver.com/2026/06/11-1200x800.webp 1200w, https://static.euobserver.com/2026/06/11.webp 1920w" sizes="(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px" /></div>As Andrej Babiš rages against a supposed “deep state” while surrounding himself with pro-Russian and ultra‑conservative allies inside his own office, even long‑time insiders from his party ANO fear he is slipping further into paranoia and culture‑war politics.
Why is everybody joining run clubs? Isobel Walsh, Adam Daly and Alex Neuroth @dcupsychology.bsky.social @dublincityuni.bsky.social look at the psychological motivations behind this popular phenomenon, including mating, community, online connections, wellness and nature www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2...
