Author: Kevin Barry BSc(Hons) MRICS

Know Your Costs Before You Commission Your Architect: Introducing ExtendIQ A professional-grade house extension cost calculator, built on 2026 UK market data, now available free to try — giving homeowners across the United Kingdom an informed foundation before a single drawing is produced. Quintin QS·Published May 2026·For all UK clients One of the most common […]

The Monopoly the Market Never Got to Judge A subsidised ferry service. A refused feasibility study. And a question no one in government will answer. Kevin Barry BSc(Hons) MRICS | Campaign Lead | May 2026 There is a simple commercial test that any independent-minded analyst would apply to a publicly funded operation: is the taxpayer […]

What the Strangford Lough Crossing Traffic and Diversion Heatmap Shows A plain-language guide for the general public and elected representatives The heatmap is an interactive map of the roads around Strangford Lough. Each road is coloured by how many vehicles use it every day, measured in Vehicles Per Day (VPD), also known as the Annual […]

Update: 22-05-2026 – Anyone who says “the Strangford ferry meets the need, why build a bridge” can now be answered with: “The Carlingford ferry met that need too, until it didn’t. The market removed it in May 2026, as confirmed today, with no advance notice and no replacement. A peninsula community cannot stake its connectivity on […]

Click on image above for SLC heatmap See the Traffic Story: Our New Interactive Heatmap Explained By Kevin Barry BSc(Hons) MRICS, Quintin QS Source: Quintin QS TAG Appraisal, March 2026 Introduction We have published an interactive traffic heatmap for the proposed Strangford Lough Crossing. It is a visual tool built directly on Department for Infrastructure […]

Rebutting the “No Need” Argument The officials’ position rests on six distinct claims. Each is materially flawed — and the flaws are not marginal; they are structural. 1. “The ferry meets current demand” This is circular reasoning, and it is recognised as such in transport economics. The ferry does not meet demand — it caps it. When […]

Click on image above to open SLC – Feasibility Dashboard (Interactive) Blog post and dashboard updated Monday 18th May 2026 Sixty Years of “Not Viable” — and the Dashboard That Asks Whether That’s Still True Why this post, why now For three months the Strangford Lough Crossing campaign has been making one argument, in plain […]

When “No Immediate Need” Becomes a Hidden Stop Sign People keep asking a simple question:If a Strangford bridge would clearly help local people, improve safety, cut emissions and boost the economy, why won’t the Department for Infrastructure even do a proper study? The short answer is uncomfortable: DfI is using the phrase “no immediate transport […]

TITLE: Minister Kimmins Is Coming to Strangford. Here Are the Answers to Her Questions. Strangford Lough Crossing Campaign | 12 May 2026 Minister for Infrastructure Liz Kimmins MLA confirmed in the Northern Ireland Assembly on Monday 11 May 2026 that she has agreed to visit Strangford this week, at the invitation of a local elected […]

They Called It False Hope. We Call It a Fair Question. This is one of the most consequential analytical challenges in the entire campaign. The following discussion sets out, with full source attribution, why the DfI position is analytically unsound and institutionally self-defeating. Whatever the next move, the truth shall be highlighted and the honest […]