Irish Examiner view: Homes crisis needs many compromises

Many developed nations are struggling to meet their affordable housing targets without sacrificing the building standards and social norms, which can produce the shanty towns, the sink estates, or rookeries of the future

Cabins cost €60,000-€80,000 to construct, are eco-friendly, and are relatively economic to heat. Picture: Denis Scannell

Desperate times drive innovation. The covid-19 pandemic provided a great leap forward for the science of virology, not least because of the transfer of resources — human brainpower and financial — to researching and implementing new vaccines at speed. 

The grisly war in Ukraine has regularised the mass use of drones, which will inevitably accelerate peaceful civilian applications across the world.