Infrastructure – you wait for years for some action and then like buses two reports, an industry forum on offshore and a Head of Bill on grid resiliency come along within a week. The Government in Ireland seems to have gotten the message. Faced with an unparalleled housing crisis, and the slow realisation that lack of infrastructure is a contributing …
“Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer” The National Development Plan (NDP) for Ireland was renewed on the 5th of October to mixed response. Some of the less complimentary commentary called it a work of fiction, full of false promises and linked it to the 19th …
Energy security – even the big guys worry about it! But what is energy security and how do you achieve it? Engineers Ireland Energy Environment and Climate Action Division recently had an event on this specific topic and it was stark. Our oil reserves are set at 90 days storage and managed by the National Oil Reserve Agency (NORA), our …
The movie scripts are being penned and the film rights being discussed. The international TV crews are leaving and Irelands greatest export, Donie, from the neighbouring peninsula at Cahirsiveen is swapping Beara for NYC [1]. But the recent exploits of the fishermen of West Cork and their tackling of the Russian Navy exercises in the Irish Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) …