Are Ireland’s planning laws too heavily weighted towards developers, or are they necessary to get homes built?  To debate this on the show Pat was joined by former Environment Editor of The Irish Times Frank McDonald and Tom Philips MD Of Tom Philips and Associates and Adjunct Associate of Architecture and Planning at UCD.

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