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  • Frank Crowley

    UCC

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    Prof Frank Crowley is a Professor in Economics and a Regional and Innovation Economist at Cork University Business School at UCC. He is a former Research Ireland awardee.

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    The knock-on effects of easing one-off rural housing rules

    Rural low-density development carries consequences that extend well beyond the costs associated with the site itself

    Housing • 21 Apr
    'The 'housing for all' framework is on the right track, but tweaking around the edges won't cut it'

    Will increased housing supply solve the affordability problem?

    Government policies are simply not at the radical scale required to reduce costs and prices enough to eliminate the affordability gap

    Housing • 02 Feb 22
    Most firms and people are drawn towards agglomerations and cities like Dublin, Cork and Limerick like a magnetic force

    Why Ireland needs real decentralisation

    Decentralisation will only work if local government can make decisions about raising revenues and spending on services

    Decentralisation • 07 Oct 19
    Kilkenny Castle. Photo: Kevin Lonergan

    What to do with a conundrum like Kilkenny?

    One of the key challenges of our time is how to manage lagging regions without constraining leading regions

    Kilkenny • 11 Dec 18
    "The likelihood of a company willing or wanting to locate in Blarney, Brinny, Kinsale, Middleton, Mallow or in out of city industrial parks is falling" Photo: Darren Spoonley

    How to build a better Cork

    What are the transport, housing and employment factors to consider to make Cork a great city?

    Cork • 30 Nov 18
    Sunset above the Beara Peninsula in west Cork. Photo: Dave Walsh/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Images

    How west Cork used creativity to beat the recession

    West Cork's success in its areas of strength shows that the model of focusing on innovation in regional areas makes sense

    West Cork • 19 Jul 18
    Cork Business Association easily lobbied for a car ban on Patrick St to be overturned

    Why cars and motorways aren't the keys to Cork's future

    The design and liveability of Cork's built environment will be far more important than the city's roads infrastructure in the years to come.

    Cork • 06 Aug 18
    "Artistic creativity should be at the heart of our STEM subjects and policies"

    We need the arts at the heart of our policies for long-term gain

    Our capacity for artistic creativity will be at the heart of Ireland's resilience to global automation

    arts • 23 Mar 18
    How local government failed Cork

    How local government failed Cork

    The Brainstorm long read: like much of the country, the problems around housing, transport and infrastructure in Cork can be traced back to poor local government

    Cork • 10 Feb 18
    Ireland at night as seen from the International Space Station in 2016. Photo: Tim Peake

    Why Project Ireland 2040 is doomed to fail

    Opinion: the Project Ireland 2040 plan seeks balanced development throughout the country, but that's something which has historically proved elusive and stymies long term national growth

    Ireland 2040 • 16 Feb 18
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