Ruth McManus

School of History and Geography, DCU

Dr Ruth McManus is associate professor at the School of History and Geography at DCU

There have been numerous proposals to reclaim land from Dublin Bay to use for everything from housing to an airport

Over 170 houses were built in Dublin's East Wall by housing pioneer Reverend David Hall and the St Barnabas Public Utility Society

The capital's first housing architect played a key role in the battle with unfit housing conditions in the 1930s and 1940s

One in 20 Dublin residents was a lodger in 1911 when lodging was an important part of the Irish housing landscape

Rather than promotional labels like Hidden Heartlands, creative thinking is the key to a sustainable Midlands

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