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Rent freeze isn't the worst, as long as you allow some movement to a max level. One of the bigger problems with the current rental rules is that they don't allow for 'good' landlords who charge below what they can get and are then stuck if they want or need to increase to a reasonable level. So if ...

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https://twitter.com/tonightvmtv/status/1760433740637933793/mediaviewer Wow! Proving she’s not just a pretty face - can anyone stop her? It's an easy question because there is absolutely the capacity there if commercial craters (although that could switch). The important thing is that Cairns and any...

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The green parties of Europe have long associations with paedophile groups. The minister for children in the country has engaged in a cover up of grooming gangs and you lot care more about name calling than holding your tax funded government to account: https://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/p...

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Australia and NZ need an interesting commercially viable domestic product to sell. Both have relied too heavily on the national brand. After 20 years of failure the Wallabies have proven that's an unreliable strategy. Australia needs NZ rugby to help, but not out a sense of benign altruism but rath...

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The tax windfall paid for the Children’s Hospital - but will it last long enough to pay for Dublin’s metro? https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/02/18/cliff-taylor-era-of-throwing-money-around-like-smarties-on-big-projects-has-to-stop/ The usual calls for fiscal restraint when it comes to anythin...

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ROI government are not paying for the road in NI. They aren’t even paying 1% of it. You don’t go into a shop to buy a can of coke for £1 and offer 1p. With the greatest of respect, it's not ours to pay. The cost isn't or wouldn't be a problem. Why then, can’t I go to Lansdowne road without going th...

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I would have thought quoting the height of housebuilding here wouldn't exactly make a good argument given how many shoddy units were built. In the long run aren't we better off building 30k units that'll last 100 years rather than 60k that last 15 years. I don’t think the stuff built 15 years ago i...

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I would have thought quoting the height of housebuilding here wouldn't exactly make a good argument given how many shoddy units were built. In the long run aren't we better off building 30k units that'll last 100 years rather than 60k that last 15 years. I don’t think the stuff built 15 years ago i...

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Sean Keyes did a piece on 50k homes a run a few weeks ago in the Currency. The new housing target is 50,000 per year. Most are agreed. What goes into building 50,000 homes? With big numbers, it's easy to zone out. As I’ve written many times, 50,000 units are roughly the size of Cork City. At that ra...

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"Laser focus" - words used by spoofers. 50,000 homes a year. Where will she get the people to build them? Given we’re at 35k a year now and commercial is slowing down, there is probably more than enough capacity in the next couple of years. Problem is she is going to kill private investment by orde...

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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/john ... -9ws3hzn9j

Sounds like this site won't get developed any time soon.

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They shouldn't be a involved in any of these businesses as the private sector is already active in these areas. No politicians had the guts to say, thanks lads, well done but you have no remit anymore. To the first part, we shouldn't be depending entirely on commercial enterprises for power generat...

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its absolutely nuts - the place was basically a slush fund for the well connected few - i'm not sure if i read it correctly but is it possible that the 450k paid to the CFO might have been "net of tax" and that rte are responsible for paying the tax on it ? ie essentially a €1M pay out ? when you t...

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https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/rtes-bakhurst-pulled-tv-licence-fee-ads-as-they-would-have-been-inappropriate-1588692.html Nice little €450k giveaway Rory Coveney got a golden handshake too but they won’t say how much Wheels about to come off at Montrose this is outrageous stuff In the words of...

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I don't think people ignore it. I'd say about 50% of the west just think it is all a bit too complicated and not worth putting their emotional and political capital in, and they'd be right.

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What is this reference?

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onesolidunit wrote: ↑Sun Feb 11, 2024 4:28 pm Zombie is so f**king cringe at this point

It's grand but keep it for big wons.

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Stadium PA needs to stfu with Zombie. Ffs

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Yeah Nols I posted previously about 4 Nurses going to Oz taking my young plumber pal with them, a Dentist went with them. None of them have to go. Meanwhile Australia agrees to wipe nurses and doctors debts to go work in the sticks. https://www.watoday.com.au/politics/western-australia/wa-will-pay-...

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Una panicking

https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024 ... nion-poll/

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camroc1 wrote: ↑Thu Feb 08, 2024 10:21 am Latest IT opinion poll :

SF 28% (-6)
FF 20% (-)
FG 19% ( +1)
Greens 5% (+2)
So SF 28%, Govt. 44%, with the rest scattered amongst independents and smaller parties.

FF and FG being transfer friendly for the first time in their history should be interesting.

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Far too many marches in Dublin these days.

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People like you are the biggest obstacle to a UI with this sort of backward thinking. Of course we will need a new anthem and flag. Agree with you that it better not be shite like IC. Jamie Bryson says hello & wtf? He’s right People with the mindset that the soldiers song and tricolour remains and ...

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Since 2021 census. Now I'm aware there are a lot of catholics who want to remain in the UK and don't want UI. A majority is 50%+. I know. So you have 45.7% catholics, 43.48% Protestants and 11% of foreigners and other.. The Irish gov only has to convince the catholics and other to get 50 + 1%. it's...

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A majority is 50%+. I know. So you have 45.7% catholics, 43.48% Protestants and 11% of foreigners and other.. The Irish gov only has to convince the catholics and other to get 50 + 1%. it's not an impossible task Friend in Belfast is increasingly talking about the new northern Irish and how importa...

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In fact, if you really want to help solve the housing crisis you'd prevent or seriously hamper the ability of banks to lend against housing. You want housing priced in terms of real economic activity, not other houses. So all other business is conducted on a supply and demand basis, but for housing...

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the point is, despite the fact that the renter is paying off the landlords asset and even if the landlord is making a loss each week (a) he can claim the loss against his income (in australia) (b) he'll still pick up the asset after 20-30 years for cents in the dollar, the renter having paid off mo...

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HighKingLeinster wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 6:04 pm
irishrugbyua wrote: ↑Tue Jan 30, 2024 5:36 pm CBC Monkstown defeat St. Gerards 18-17.
Cripplefest '24

I think the no. 8 for Monkstown will go pro. Some good players out there.

Michaels looked very good yesterday but will likely do their usual thing and bottle it.

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The vast majority of Kiwis in Australia do not give a shit about Australian rugby. They might rock up to a SR game when their team is in town every other year, and go to an all blacks test. That’s really it. The only kiwis I see in local club rugby are those that play. There are very few, if any pr...

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Regarding Rebels, it's all down to the lack of success and how badly the organisation has been managed over the years. I remember in the early years they used to get very good crowds and probably bigger than the league team but they've lost a lot of supporters over the years due to abysmal results....

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A small reminder of the latent support that can be tapped. Nearly 100k in Melbourne who were born in New Zeland, isn't there? The failure of a Melbourne team is also a failure of New Zealand Rugby. Not getting a team to succeed in this market on and off the field is a complete nonsense. The vast ma...

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https://youtu.be/AVPEe2i3tU0?si=pGQG-rSKeOcibcyC A small reminder of the latent support that can be tapped. Nearly 100k in Melbourne who were born in New Zeland, isn't there? The failure of a Melbourne team is also a failure of New Zealand Rugby. Not getting a team to succeed in this market on and ...

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So Algeria and Botswana to be added to safe list Botswana is a strange one. Their citizens can already come here without a visa for 3 months. Why would they put themselves through international protection and direct provision? Finally. 90 days Restrictions on people already with asylum in other EU ...

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I see the operators of the Ambassador Theatre on Parnell Square have applied for PP to install railings around the building, presumably in line with those in front of the hospital. Whilst, viscerally, I am opposed to this closing off of what has become public realm, when you read about the problems...

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I’d take an AfD on 10% over Sinn Féin on 30%.

Same trash as far as I’m concerned.

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nardol wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:01 pm Duff has headed off straight to wiki to edit their page

Check out notable former pupils bit

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Present ... lege,_Bray

The school cost €130m to build.

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TranceNRG wrote: ↑Sat Jan 27, 2024 10:25 am Is this show worth watching? I haven't seen drive to survive either.

Yeah absolutely.

Galthié , Porter, Fickou, Crowley and Negri are characters many won’t have been aware of.

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Ah he was. Gillette adverts the lot. He couldn’t go out without getting mobbed around 2003. In the UK. FFS yes no one had heard of Wilkinson, apart from the 10 English fans who watched the final;. Fortunately my mum was one of them, the only person who played rugby other pan me she could name. The ...

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Duff Paddy wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:39 am
Blackrock Bullet wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 10:21 am
Big Nipper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:38 am

Not outside the UK
Big enough in France.

Reasonably well known in most rugby countries I'd say.

Not near Lomu level.
Ah he was. Gillette adverts the lot. He couldn’t go out without getting mobbed around 2003.

In the UK.

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Big Nipper wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 8:38 am
RodneyRegis wrote: ↑Fri Jan 26, 2024 1:31 am
Blackrock Bullet wrote: ↑Thu Jan 25, 2024 5:01 pm

The same with Wilko.

Celeb types like Cipriani aside, the only one is Lomu.
Absolute nonsense. Wilko was absolutely massive.
Not outside the UK

Big enough in France.

Reasonably well known in most rugby countries I'd say.

Not near Lomu level.

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