Irish Examiner view: A system no longer fit for purpose

Planning woes

Peter McVerry Trust CEO Pat Doyle with Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien TD at the charity’s social housing regeneration project in Rathmines, Eagle Lodge Leinster Road West, Dublin 6. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

The draft Planning and Development Bill published yesterday could hardly be more timely, given that the week has already yielded further chapters in the ongoing story of Ireland’s planning chaos.

Yesterday we learned of the turmoil at the Irish Planning Institute (IPI), where half of the 12-member ruling council have resigned from their posts following various allegations of malpractice.