Editor's picks
Editor’s picks: Sit down with the best of our big reads
Our editors handpick the best writing in this week’s Business Post – including a new look at the phenomenon of Nimbyism, and the lowdown from an underwhelming Web Summit
Nimbys: Serial housing objectors or scapegoats?
Developers and even the Taoiseach have singled out not-in-my-back-yard building objectors as the reason for the slow delivery of homes amid a housing crisis. But the numbers of houses and apartments being held up by legal objections don’t necessarily back up their argument.
Web Summit: Ukraine’s first lady adds some much-needed star power to a lacklustre conference
Olena Zelenska got a standing ovation at the Web Summit in Lisbon, although the technology conference seemed like a bit of a slog this year, and event co-founder Paddy Cosgrave’s dig at the government didn’t gain much traction.