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    Dr Ruth McManus is Associate Professor in Geography and Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning in the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at DCU

    A sign of the times in Rathmines in Dublin in 1984. Photo: RTÉ

    A short history of Ireland's student housing crisis

    One thing which has not changed over the last 80 years is the persistence of the country's student accommodation problem

    History • 16 Oct 24
    An aerial view of the Marino estate where construction began 100 years ago. Photo: World Garden Cities

    How the Marino estate transformed Dublin housing 100 years ago

    Marino was a testing ground for a number of housing policies which influenced the city for many years afterwards

    History • 10 Jul 24
    Dublin Bay: 'What we think of as a natural setting has been subject to many past human interventions.' Photo: Dave Walley

    A short history of the many plans to reclaim land from Dublin Bay

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

    History • 02 Jun 23
    Some of the houses built by Rev David Hall and the St Barnabas Public Utility Society in Dublin's East Wall. Photo: Ruth McManus

    A lesson from the 1920s on how to solve an Irish housing crisis

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

    History • 19 Aug 22
    Herbert Simms: between 1932 and 1948, he oversaw the design and construction of somewhere in the region of 17,000 dwellings in Dublin

    How architect Herbert Simms transformed Dublin

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

    History • 06 May 22
    Travelling salesmen unwind in their digs. Photo: John Chillingworth/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images

    Lodgers, boarders and "select accommodation"

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

    History • 12 Mar 19
    Exploring Ireland's Hidden Heartlands at Cavan Burren Park. Photo: Fáilte Ireland

    The problem with branding the Midlands

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

    Tourism • 27 Apr 18

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