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Kathy O'Leary

Kathy O'Leary

Articles by Kathy O'Leary

Success is all in the preparation

By Kathy O’Leary | 27 May 2025

Kathy O'Leary writes: 'In district councils we’re prepared to do exactly what I did on marathon d...

More Don't Leave Me This Way than Never Can Say Goodbye?

By Kathy O’Leary | 06 April 2025

'Perhaps size doesn’t matter as much as finding what is optimal to work well at neighbourhood lev...

Sprinting instead of marathon preparation

By Kathy O’Leary | 17 February 2025

There isn’t a united view on what unitary arrangements should look like for Gloucestershire, says...

A Dickens of a time ahead this Christmas

By Kathy O'Leary | 11 December 2024

Kathy O'Leary looks at why the English Devolution White Paper is likely to be a painful read for ...

Making a difference in both our work and outside of it

By By Kathy O’Leary | 01 November 2024

Former Leeds Rhino rugby club captain Kevin Sinfield's message that in tough times we must give...

That's what gets results

By By Kathy O’Leary | 04 October 2024

Kathy O'Leary reflects on the groundwork put in over the (cruel) summer with Stroud DC's new admi...

The future really lies with green hydrogen

By Kathy O'Leary | 16 September 2024

What’s clear is hydrogen energy will be a significant part of our future and the potential it hol...

Natural remedies

By Kathy O'Leary | 06 August 2024

Stroud DC is promoting decarbonisation and adapting to the impacts of climate change with the dri...

The district devolution D:Ream

By Kathy O'Leary | 01 August 2024

New governments always come with an air of optimism, says Kathy O'Leary. But there needs to be a ...

Keeping local government relevant and meaningful

By Kathy O’Leary | 07 May 2024

Following the pandemic and the cost of living crisis, we need to recognise that social capital ma...