Madeleine Lyes

@cityintersect.bsky.social

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Critical urbanism and climate transitions. UCD Architecture and UL/LCCC Citizen Innovation Lab Limerick.

A graph showing the connection between GDP and infrastructure in the EU. Ireland a massive outlier - one of the richest, with the worst infrastructure
Liam O’Dwyer, former secretary general of the Irish Red Cross (IRC) and now volunteering with the charity, said it was “simply a reality” that thousands of Ipas beds were vacant while men slept rough. “It is counterproductive and a huge waste of resources – the handing out of tents and sleeping bags, most of which are then destroyed. “There is a message the Government wants to give out that we are full but really it is an unsavoury way of dealing with this. People who come here need support.”
Faith-based communities in north-east inner-city Dublin
Snip of selection of events at the festival