The Kenny Report, the official title of which is “COMMITTEE ON THE PRICE OF BUILDING LAND, REPORT TO THE MINISTER FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT ROBERT MOLLOY, CHAIRMAN MR. JUSTICE J. KENNY (DUBLIN,1974), was begun in 1971 and finally published in 1974. Its findings have never been implemented.
Its recommendations formed part of the Green Party’s pre-election manifesto. And even though John Gormley is the Minister in charge of local government, and land reform, there has been absolutely no sign of the Greens pushing this in any form or fashion.
The fact that the report called for the effective end to land speculation is the main reason why it has been ignored by every political party in government.
At present, the report is out of print. It can be downloaded here (26MB).
This is the second progamme in the four-part series, Looking Left, which is being made for DCTV. The topic here is the Ripening of Time, the political journal of the Ripening of Time Collective, thirteen issues of which were published between 1976 and 1980. On the panel are Ursula Barry, UCD Women’s Education, Research and Resource Centre (WERRC); Michael Youlton of the Irish Anti-War Movement; and myself. The programme is hosted by Seán O’Siorchu.
Below is the first of four programmes on various left-wing publications in Ireland in the 1960s to 1980s. This one discusses the Irish People, which was the newspaper of Official Sinn Féin, later Sinn Féin the Workers Party, later The Workers Party.
On the panel are Dr. Brian Hanley, Queens University, Padraig Yeates, former editor of the Irish People, and myself.
It is hosted by Daniel Finn.
Copies of the Irish People are available here and here.
