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DRONE TECHNOLOGY – HOW TO SAFELY SEIZE THE OPPORTUNITIES 3 Colm Keena, an instructor with FlyRyte Drone Academy writes on what to consider
when you looking at integrating drones into your organisation. We also look at some
of the best models on the market.
NEWS: EU COUNTRIES MEET IN AMSTERDAM TO DISCUSS DIGITAL FUTURE 11
COMMITTEE REPORT MARKS “NEW ERA” FOR CLIMATE POLICY 13 The Committee on Climate Action recently unveiled a landmark new report on
climate change.
NEWS: DUBLIN AMONGST WORLD’S COSTLIEST CONSTRUCTION CITIES-BUT
PROJECT 2040 STILL ON TRACK 17
NEWS: TRANSFORMATION OF CORK AN EXAMPLE OF THE POTENTIAL OF PROJECT IRELAND 2040 17
NEWS: INNOVATION & TECH KEY TO DEVELOPMENT PLAN FOR WESTERN
SEABOARD 19
WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE WATER QUALITY IN 190 AREAS 21 Jenny Deakin from the EPA outlines the problems with water quality in Ireland, and
describes the development and implementation of Ireland’s 2nd Cycle River Basin Management Plan.
NEWS: SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL HITS 115% OF SOCIAL HOUSING TARGET 27
DEDICATED WEBSITE SPEARHEADS MAYO’S ACTION PLAN ON VACANT HOMES 29 VacantHomes.ie is Mayo County Council’s innovative response in trying to release the potential of vacant homes throughout the country.
NEW SHIP LAUNCHED TO SPEARHEAD MARINE ENGINEERING TRAINING 33 A Marine Engineering Traineeship was launched this month with the overall aims of
attracting new employees into the marine industry and providing them with the
basic skills to allow them to work effectively from the start of their employment.
INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION: THIRD-LEVEL PROGRAMMES FOR
PUBLIC SERVANTS 35 The Whitaker School of Government and Management at the IPA will provide almost
70 programmes this autumn, all designed for adult students.
SOCIAL HOUSING 37 Clúid Housing delivers over 100 homes in two separate developments.
HIGH FRICTION SURFACING 39 Chartered Engineer John Cagney writes on High Friction Surfacing (HFS), which refers
to a surface treatment approximately 3-5mm thick which provides very high skid
resistance for drivers to brake under emergency conditions at hazardous locations.
HFS has been found to reduce wet weather accidents in UK by 57%.
DIGITAL PROCUREMENT: HOW TO ACHIEVE LASTING VALUE 45 Procurement digitisation seems to be on every Chief Project Officer’s (CPO) agenda nowadays. But to get the most from procurement digitisation, leaders must raise their ambitions along with their skills.
LACK OF SUDS LEADERSHIP IS DRAINING A VALUABLE RESOURCE 53 Although Sustainable Urban Drainage systems have been official policy since 2005,
the practise of integrating drainage design into urban landscapes has been
interminably slow in terms of implementation.
NEWS: JAPANESE KNOTWEED & COUNCIL PLANS TO COMBAT IT 55
NEWS: MAJOR CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE AWARENESS OF IMPENDING CORK
BOUNDARY CHANGE 57
NEWS: NEW LIMERICK TOURISM STRATEGY AIMS TO CREATE UP TO 1500 JOBS 59 NEWS: CLIMATE ACTION REGIONAL OFFICE OPENED IN COUNTY MAYO 61
NEWS: BREXIT UNCERTAINTIES SPUR €150M TOURISM INVESTMENT BY LOCAL AUTHORITIES 63
NEWS: NEW ‘ZERO-ENERGY’ SCHEME IN WESTMEATH WELCOMES RESIDENTS 65
LOCAL AUTHORITIES & THE POLLEN CRISIS 67 The annual Biodiversity and Councils’ All-Ireland Pollinator conference put the
spotlight on local authorities’ vital role in protecting threatened pollinators.
DIRECT MAYORS - THREE CITIES TO DECIDE 70 The people of Cork, Waterford and Limerick will vote on whether they want a
directly-elected mayor in May.
NEWS: WORKPLACE RELATIONS COMMISSION PUBLISHES 2018 ANNUAL REPORT 72
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INFORMING LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEADERS
SPRING 2019
HIGH FRICTION
SURFACING:
WHY IT’S TIME TO GET A GRIP
DIGITAL PROCUREMENT: WHAT’S THE BEST STRATEGY?
HOUSING:
NEW PASSIVE AND SOCIAL HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS & A SEARCH ENGINE FOR VACANT HOMES
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EYE IN THE SKY: DRONE TECH & YOUR BUSINESS
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