Shane O’Donnell has seen the problems with the planning system with his own eyes, from his time working as a town planner in the UK. “Planning in the UK and in Ireland as well isn’t in a great shape. It’s very hard to get a clear and clean answer to simple questions like ‘how can I extend my house?’ And I think that leads to huge inefficiencies both for the individual and for the state,” said O’Donnell. O’Donnell wanted to create a solution. He rang an old friend, Luke Coburn, to voice his frustrations. Out of their conversations grew the…