Posts by Dr Rory Hearne
Dr Rory Hearne @RoryHearne
Rory Hearne is a postdoctoral researcher in the Maynooth University Social Sciences Institute (MUSSI), working on the Re-Invest Participatory Action Human Rights and Capability project in relation to social investment with a particular focus on homelessness and water infrastructure.
He has a PhD in political and economic geography from Trinity College Dublin. He is also a former policy analyst with TASC and has worked as a policy researcher and community development worker with Barnardos on social housing regeneration and human rights in Dublin's inner city. He was lecturer in human geography in the Department of Geography, Maynooth University and has researched and published extensively in the areas of housing and social housing, political economy, human rights, social movements, and politics.
He is author of Public Private Partnerships in Ireland (2011) and co-author of Cherishing All Equally (2016). He is also a regular economic and social analyst on various national media.
Housing 2020
Rory Hearne 05/02/2020
This election is fundamental for housing. Whoever gets elected on Saturday will implement policies that will shape our housing system for decades to come. As a country we are deciding if we think that children growing up in hotels and Family Hubs is acceptable? Or should there be a right to housing? Is it ok that young people are forced to …
The solution to the housing crisis?
Rory Hearne 14/09/2018
There is general acceptance that the housing crisis has reached unacceptable levels. However, the government’s current policies are inadequate to …
No ordinary housing crisis
Rory Hearne 20/06/2018
As I outlined in the first part of this article (see link here), the housing and homelessness crisis is no ordinary crisis. This is not a temporary …
No ordinary housing crisis
Rory Hearne 14/06/2018
This is no ordinary crisis. The Irish housing system is in a state of ‘structural ‘shock’. Home-ownership rates have collapsed to levels not …
Government social housing figures don’t stack up
Rory Hearne 05/01/2017
The government has been responding to the Apollo House action by stating that dealing with the housing crisis is its “number one priority” and …
Rental strategy insufficient for affordable homes
Rory Hearne 14/12/2016
The government’s Strategy for the Rental Sector, while containing the welcome provision of rental restrictions is ultimately flawed because it does …
Is an Irish Trump possible?
Rory Hearne 25/11/2016
Trump’s election should make us reflect about our own national and regional economic and political situations and contexts. Trump’s success has …
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