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Long-form posts about planning, hidden public datasets, and what changes when public records become genuinely searchable.
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493,616 Records: What National Planning Coverage Reveals
We pulled every planning record from every Irish local authority and put them all in one searchable index. Here's what showed up that nobody had been able to see before.
By Faith Olopade
Why Ireland's Planning Data Was Invisible (And How We Fixed It)
The Department of Housing publishes every planning application as open data. So why couldn't anyone search it? The answer says something uncomfortable about how Irish public data actually works.
By Faith Olopade
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493,616 Records: What National Planning Coverage Reveals
We pulled every planning record from every Irish local authority and put them all in one searchable index. Here's what showed up that nobody had been able to see before.
By Faith Olopade
Why Ireland's Planning Data Was Invisible (And How We Fixed It)
The Department of Housing publishes every planning application as open data. So why couldn't anyone search it? The answer says something uncomfortable about how Irish public data actually works.
By Faith Olopade
How AI Can Support Ireland's Housing Crisis
17,112 people are homeless. Rents are €2,200. Ireland needs 33,000 homes a year and isn't building them. AI doesn't fix that. But it does fix one specific blockage that has been hiding in plain sight.
By Faith Olopade