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Rory Hearne writes in the Irish Examiner
Rory Hearne writes in the Irish Examiner: Housing market should serve interests of all not just the few.
Date: Thursday, 08 January 2015
Rory Hearne was a guest on RTE's Sean O Rourke show on Tuesday 30th December 'The Political Review of the Year'.
Rory Hearne was a guest on RTE's Sean O Rourke show on Tuesday 30th December 'The Political Review of the Year'.
Date: Thursday, 08 January 2015
Geography - Rory Hearne writes in the Irish Examiner
Rory Hearne writes in the Irish Examiner on the possibility of a Left government and what it might look like.
Date: Friday, 05 December 2014
Rory Hearne has op-ed in today's Irish Times on the housing crisis and NAMA
Full article available on the Irish Time website.
Date: Friday, 28 November 2014
TD Mick Wallace suggests Tánaiste Burton read Spatial Justice and the Irish Crisis
Mick Wallace questioned Tánaiste Burton on the government's housing policy
Date: Friday, 14 November 2014
Geographers supply evidence for Irish Cancer Society
Geographers supply evidence for Irish Cancer Society Maps of inequalities in cancer death rates produced by Jan Rigby, Mark Boyle, Martin Charlton, Ronan Foley, Dennis Pringle and Simon Noone featured strongly in the media yesterday supporting the Irish Cancer Society's campaign to reduce inequalities in cancer.
Date: Wednesday, 12 November 2014
Rory Hearne discussed water charges and recent political developments on Sunday's RTE Marian Finucane Show
Rory Hearne discussed water charges and recent political developments on Sunday's RTE Marian Finucane Show
Date: Friday, 07 November 2014
October 2014 Graduations
Photos available from the October Graduations
Date: Friday, 31 October 2014
Rory Hearne's article in the Irish Examiner today analysing the housing vacancy rates across Ireland
A sustainable and fair housing policy is needed to address society’s needs, writes Dr Rory Hearne The residential vacancy rates from the 2011 census highlight the necessity of a radical change in housing and regional economic development policy. They make it clear our housing system is fundamentally dysfunctional. We now have the scandalous and untenable situation whereby 90,000 households are defined as ‘in housing need’, and up to 5,000 homeless, and yet over twice that amount (230,056) of housing and apartments units lie vacant.
Date: Tuesday, 28 October 2014
Prof John Sweeney wins EMS Achievements in Journalism Award
John Sweeney has had a large impact on communicating climate and meteorology to the people of Ireland. He tackles the important issue of communicating climate change science to the public with a calm and accurate manner.
Date: Thursday, 16 October 2014