Jack Madden

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[The Irish Times @IrishTimes]

Death of Ireland’s nightlife is yet another reason for young people to leave, writes David McWilliams https://t.co/PcpKo3i8nt

[West=On=Track @WestOnTrackIRL]

Overturning the stated ambition of #irishrail to retain the line for rail use only & accommodate a #greenway beside is not in Sligo’s interest and is #infrastructurevandalism No to greenway on the railway. Reopen #westernrailcorridor #irelandnorthwest #sligo #galway

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

If we’re going to build suburbs, let’s build them like this!

Brabazon on the outskirts of Bristol has a density of 75 homes per hectare, triple the usual. It was originally planned for 2,000 homes but will now see 6,500 built

There’s start up offices, parks, trees, a lake…

[Irish Independent @Independent_ie]

MetroLink workers to be housed in multimillion-euro Dartmouth Square homes, as transport chief says we should build more lines https://t.co/3YnL4PwyCx

[Philip Oldfield @SustainableTall]

Competition design for a new city block and courtyard in Prague (alas, 2nd place)

I see value in breaking down the mass into lots of different buildings, offering visual interest, dampening scale, providing identity…

Architects are Atelier Gram

[Jack Madden @_jackmadden]

@DaraghCassidy The NTA strategy for light rail for the Greater Dublin Area up to 2042 is not ambitious for the scale of population growth in commuter towns.

Until government provides significant public transport investment congestion and further commutes will follow.

[David McWilliams @davidmcw]

This video about the "genius design" of the Madrid Metro needs to be seen by every Dubliner who wants a cheap, fast and affordable Metro in our city.

Just bring in the Spaniards and let them do it.

https://t.co/XtmvxPtwwN

[Daragh Cassidy @DaraghCassidy]

With the way inflation is going, €17 billion could look like pocket change in a decade’s time. And €17 billion is the equivalent of running the health service for around 8 or 9 months. The metro will last well over 100 years. Let’s get on with it…

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

More than half a century after an underground rail link for Dublin was first proposed, the spend on the project is finally set for Cabinet approval. Here is a timeline of the key milestones and setbacks https://t.co/2pWVuLnItm

[West=On=Track @WestOnTrackIRL]

Reopening the Sligo to Galway railway is an example of the critical infrastructure badly needed in our region. Spending ~€50 million on inserting a “temporary” greenway on the route is not. Time to reopen the #westernrailcorridor #westofireland #sligo #galway #greenwashing

[Soph @SophieMcDLaw]

I’m sorry, how is increasing my DART fare helping me when I get up early and come home late from work?

[Tomás Heneghan @TomasJHeneghan]

I get up at 4:45am twice a week to commute 2.5 hours just to work, so unless that “support” is affordable housing in Dublin, significant improvements in public transport & a reduction in public transport fares, this year’s Budget will do absolutely nothing for workers like me

[The Irish News @irish_news]

"It is a partnership of friendship. Mainly because we admire what he's doing here."

Iconic Dublin pub The Cobblestone has teamed up with Belfast bar Madden's for this week's Fleadh.

The pair share a love of traditional Irish music, and Tom Mulligan from The Cobblestone has arrived in Belfast with a pop-up bar, staff and musicians to join Madden's in celebrating the festival.

🎥 Dylan Hegarty

[Ireland Votes @Ireland_Votes]

It's launch day!

The new https://t.co/S1ZAlbF3QM is now live.

We've been hard at work for the last few months building our new online platform, and we're proud to be launching it ahead of next week's by elections.

See new features & datasets below 👇

[Gareth @GarethNotGarth]

€2.2 billion
Most expensive hospital in the world
4 years late
Still no opening date
Not 1 person will lose their job over this
Official Ireland in a nutshell

[Jimmy Stafford @JimmystaffordDJ]

This is a must read from @davidmcw “Is Ireland the worst run country in Europe?”
The figures in this article are mind blowing . No accountability in the Senior echelons of Public Service. No wonder people are angry. #fuelprotests

[Andreas Steno Larsen @AndreasSteno]

Brief Trump summary of the past weeks:

- “Open the strait”
- “Help us open the strait”
- “We don’t need the strait open”
- “Open the f’king strait or I destroy you all”
- “We block the strait”

[David McWilliams @davidmcw]

Morning, @IrishTimes @IrishTimesOpEd article today is on the monumental waste of public money that plagues Ireland. The State is pissing billions away every year. The figures are startling. No one is accountable.
https://t.co/NyvbKIhqIY

[CD @cilliandoyle87]

When I was in school I remember public outrage at students being forced into prefab classrooms

Now people will be stuck living in their equivalent at the back of someone’s garden

The diminution of Irish life continues