The Housing Agency is delighted to announce the winner of the 2023 Housing Agency Essay Prize competition. This prize is awarded to the most original student essay submitted for assessment as part of the Institute of Public Administration’s Professional Diploma in Housing Studies. This year’s winner is:
Killian O'Sullivan for the essay entitled “Childcare Provision in New Housing” which has been published on our website here.
In addition, there were two runner-up prizes awarded. These were:
Malachy Egan for the essay entitled “The Land Development Agency – A Structural Analysis within Irish Housing Policy”
and
Stephen Owens for the essay entitled “Do publicly available statistics and associated commentary improve our understanding of the Irish housing market.”
The Housing Agency would like to congratulate the winner and the runners-up on the quality of their essays, the originality of their research, and their engagement with public policy.
The Housing Agency is committed to supporting the education, training, and development of Ireland’s housing practitioners.
For more information on the education and training options available for housing practitioners, please see www.housingtraining.ie.
Information about the Institute of Public Administration’s Professional Diploma in Housing Studies, as well as other courses relevant to housing practitioners, can be found here and here.
