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- Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:41 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Northern Ireland Protocol
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3023
Northern Ireland Protocol
So yesterday the Brits said they wanted to rewrite the agreed Northern Irish Protocol: EU officials expressed exasperation at the UK’s move, unveiled in a 28-page command paper by the Brexit minister, David Frost, on Wednesday. He told peers the protocol was unsustainable and said the UK “cannot go ...
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 4:24 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Is Ireland's housing crisis a myth?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15696
Re: Is Ireland's housing crisis a myth?
Not sure if its still the case for social housing guidelines. But back in the day when I was involved at steel and timberframe design, there was a way of circumventing the requirement to build social housing on a site of ours if we wanted to. I think it was some method whereby we could offset the r...
- Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:53 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Is Ireland's housing crisis a myth?
- Replies: 52
- Views: 15696
Re: Is Ireland's housing crisis a myth?
!!! Wow I didnt think it would be anywhere near 50% - the market is certainly distorted by this then. I assumed like 15-20% max (excl social housing). Will they ever cut back on HAP etc? I cant see it happening, it would be political suicide despite it making rents cheaper if they did it. The optic...
- Wed Jul 21, 2021 2:39 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Norway’s beach handball team fined for not wearing bikini bottoms!
- Replies: 24
- Views: 13100
Norway’s beach handball team fined for not wearing bikini bottoms!
Ha, seems like the governing body of beach volleyball knows what some have always suspected - many of the audience are not watching it for the sport! Norway’s beach handball team has been fined €1,500 for being improperly dressed after the women wore shorts instead of bikini bottoms at a European ch...
- Sun Jul 18, 2021 9:00 pm
- Forum: News, Current Affairs & Politics
- Topic: Funds ‘drive up cost of social housing by €50k per unit’
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2193
Re: Funds ‘drive up cost of social housing by €50k per unit’
Great to see attention brought to the price inflation being caused but I wish some of these articles would focus on the circular nature of the leasing policy: Prices becoming more and more unaffordable leads to: More and more people need housing assistance leads to: Government offers extremely attra...