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d) repoint / repair (with lime mortar), install stud with insulated plasterboard
a) & b) are great options, but finding plasterers that do a good job with lime is not that easy. Then there's the finish to consider - if you skim with gypsum, or paint in something that's not lime / clay-based, it detracts from the whole point of going with lime in the first instance
c) is puppy killing. And can exacerbate damp problems, as it takes away the permeability of the wall (something about temperature differentials, osmotic gradients, water vapour and the like).
If there is damp in the future, and you need to get back to brick, then removing cement render will fuck those soft bricks.