menu_open Columnists
Lorcan Sirr

Lorcan Sirr

The Business Post

We use cookies to provide some features and experiences in QOSHE

More information  .  Close

If our Government wants to make housing more affordable, there is plenty it could do

If our Government wants to make housing more affordable, there is plenty it could do

The Coalition could invest wisely in building more social housing directly, as just 16% of this valuable stock was built by councils last year

18.08.2026 20

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr

What would happen if Ireland followed Vienna by designing housing with women in mind?

Housing and planning policy here are largely designed by men and fail to address daily needs of the rest of the population

10.08.2026 20

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr

What Vienna and Marino can teach Ireland about making housing affordable

The lesson from Austria is that tenants here pay too much for cost rentals. But as the past examples of Marino and Cabra showed, there is a better...

14.07.2026 30

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr

One in 10 Irish homes is at risk of overheating. Supermarket fans won’t cut it

Middle-floor and top-floor apartments and compact dwellings are at increased overheating risk, as are deep retrofitted homes

02.07.2026 30

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr

Oliver Bond residents are suffering the slow violence of State neglect

A constitutional right to housing would give residents of the inner-city Dublin complex a tool to pursue their rights

05.06.2026 30

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr

These figures tell the real story of Fianna Fáil’s impact on housing

In 2020, about half of all houses appeared in an estate agent’s window for sale; in 2025, that figure was fewer than one in three

19.05.2026 50

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr

‘Shedsit’ garden cabins could become a rental black market

Housing without planning permission in back gardens is a prime example of a government accepting a populist idea without proper interrogation

27.04.2026 50

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr

Ireland is ‘delivering’ more social homes, but that doesn’t mean it is building them

Tipperary directly built just three new social houses. Dublin managed 72

21.04.2026 50

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr

Ireland’s plans to deliver housing and infrastructure are a roll of the dice

Judicial reviews are increasing – but it is not Nimby residents’ associations who are behind them

19.03.2026 60

The Irish Times

Lorcan Sirr