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Would you like to attend a housing protest?

ygolometsipe

#RaiseTheRoof recently held a housing protest in Dublin, about 10K attended.

It was held on a wednesday. I assume if that was on a saturday it could be well in excess of that number.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/up-to-10-000-attend-rally-demanding-end-to-housing-crisis-1.3650140%3fmode=amp

So would you attend another protest?
Time to put the goverment under proper pressure.

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[Deleted User]

ygolometsipe wrote: »

#RaiseTheRoof recently held a housing protest in Dublin, about 10K attended.

It was held on a wednesday. I assume if that was on a saturday it could be well in excess of that number.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/up-to-10-000-attend-rally-demanding-end-to-housing-crisis-1.3650140%3fmode=amp

So would you attend another protest?
Time to put the goverment under proper pressure.

Pressure to do what?

ygolometsipe

Deleted User wrote: »

Pressure to do what?

The job their paid to do for start.

Try reading the link.

mammajamma

The housing situation is fundamentally intractable. Too many competing factors to allow movement.

The only way this thing is going to change is by unintended, outside, fatal consequence.

Like Humpty Dumpty, Irish housing has a gigantic, fragile, and ultimately delicious noggin, soon to be smashed to smithereens and then dipped into by many, many international bread soldiers.

[Deleted User]

ygolometsipe wrote: »

The job their paid to do for start.

Try reading the link.

I want you to tell me.

The article just turns it into a feminist issue by bemoaning the fact women have better support networks, and then calls for more social housing provided by the government, which would just increase demand in the market driving prices up, for housing you'll never be eligible for.

ygolometsipe

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I want you to tell me.

Why?

hatrickpatrick

I have attended several, but in my view we need to figure out how to prevent the Eirgí breakaway f*ckers from blockading O'Connell bridge and causing city-wide traffic havoc before attempts at peaceful protest in the city centre will be taken seriously.

I've said it before and I'll say it ad nauseum - the Save Our Seafront protests in Dun Laoghaire were hugely successful and enjoyed popular support, in part because we explicitly chose routes and rally points which caused a bare minimum of disruption to the town. We'd march through the town which would lead to a temporary road closure of only a few minutes, and assemble for the rally on a public green away from traffic.

What the militant clowns in city centre protests do on O'Connell bridge would be the Dun Laoghaire equivalent of deciding to sit down on the junction between Marine Road and Crofton Road, thereby blockading the 46A bus route - the busiest route in the city - for the entire section of the city which it serves.

The headlines would not have been "10,000 march against seafront privatisation", the headlines would have been "students and workers caught up in commuter chaos as Dun Laoghaire protesters cause city-wide bus shutdown". We'd have lost our campaign, and we'd have deserved to lose it.

I don't actually know what the solution to the O'Connell Bridge problem is, but I do know enough about PR and journalism to know that no protest movement will be allowed to get any decent media coverage as long as the jucier story of city-wide traffic chaos from a handful of ignorant morons is available as a headline instead.

Wheeliebin30

Is Margaret Cash attending?

That’s all I need to know about this nonsense.

Just get back to me when it’s free houses for all so I can stop paying my mortgage like a sucker.

Badly Drunk Boy

ygolometsipe wrote: »

Deleted User wrote: »

I want you to tell me.

Why?

I'd say because you started the thread. Do you have any ideas of how the problem can be solved, or what the government should do? Protesting is all well and good, but it's not as if people don't know there's a problem. Solutions are needed.

And before you ask, I don't have any answers either.

imme

Why on a Wednesday?

The protest you mentioned OP was on a Wednesday, did the people who attended not have jobs to be in at the time.

Housing in general is causing issues in society at present, it is a problem, rental and purchase.

However, I don't want government to build vast estates, they inculcate dependency.

HAP is having a distorting effect on the market.
It is a bad scheme.

Even when local government has engaged in 'rapid build' the houses have not been as described, i.e. rapid.
The price of them has been unbelievable. That model is no answer.

I don't want local government or housing associations buying in my area as it could depress the price even though they could be leading to price inflation.

Some of the people housed by housing associations have been through local government housing and been kicked out by them.

Some experience all sorts of social, mental health issues.

What is the answer?

It ain't easy, that's for sure.

incentsitive

If it was organised with the sole focus of highlighting the plight of young working people paying a fortune in rent, wanting to buy apartment or house, then yes.
If it was organised by the "I'm entitled to" brigade, no thanks.

optogirl

ygolometsipe wrote: »

#RaiseTheRoof recently held a housing protest in Dublin, about 10K attended.

It was held on a wednesday. I assume if that was on a saturday it could be well in excess of that number.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/up-to-10-000-attend-rally-demanding-end-to-housing-crisis-1.3650140%3fmode=amp

So would you attend another protest?
Time to put the goverment under proper pressure.

There's one happening on Saturday 1st December

Wheeliebin30

incentsitive wrote: »

If it was organised with the sole focus of highlighting the plight of young working people paying a fortune in rent, wanting to buy apartment or house, then yes.
If it was organised by the "I'm entitled to" brigade, no thanks.

Here here.

PlaneSpeeking

ygolometsipe wrote: »

#RaiseTheRoof recently held a housing protest in Dublin, about 10K attended.

It was held on a wednesday. I assume if that was on a saturday it could be well in excess of that number.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/up-to-10-000-attend-rally-demanding-end-to-housing-crisis-1.3650140%3fmode=amp

So would you attend another protest?
Time to put the goverment under proper pressure.

Too busy working to pay for that nonsense, thanks.

optogirl

PlaneSpeeking wrote: »

Too busy working to pay for that nonsense, thanks.

what would you be paying for?

PlaneSpeeking

Anerso10 wrote: »

Why you call it nonsense ?

If it walks like nonsense and quacks like nonsense....

On my way to work at the end of the first 2 hour plus commute of the day I pass graffiti by the Four Courts - "Take Back The City".

From whom ? It's that kind of sub "Occupy Wall Street" chip on their shoulder, entitled **** that puts normal people off.

Last protest I had the misfortune to have to travel on the LUAS with some of the "protestors". I decided to play "entitled" bingo of sorted. 7 stop journey ? 12 "but we're/I'm ENTITLED to .....".

Nonsense pure and simple. You want a house ? Rent You can't afford rent ? Get a job.

You need short term assistance to help pay for it ? We'll help.

You've never worked, pop our kids like Pez for us to feed and think you're entitled ? Second word for you is "off".

xi5yvm0owc1s2b

ygolometsipe wrote: »

Try reading the link.

Your link goes to a paywall.

lawred2

ygolometsipe wrote: »

#RaiseTheRoof recently held a housing protest in Dublin, about 10K attended.

It was held on a wednesday. I assume if that was on a saturday it could be well in excess of that number.

https://www.google.ie/amp/s/www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/up-to-10-000-attend-rally-demanding-end-to-housing-crisis-1.3650140%3fmode=amp

So would you attend another protest?
Time to put the goverment under proper pressure.

Boom_Bap

A protest to increase the numbers?

SterlingArcher

Boom_Bap wrote: »

A protest to increase the numbers?

Of student accommodation. That article sure sends out some mixed messages.

VinLieger

ygolometsipe wrote: »

Time to put the goverment under proper pressure.

To do what exactly?

Boom_Bap

I'm having a protest by the canal with a bag of cans because of this thread.

MOH

ygolometsipe wrote: »

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I want you to tell me.

Why?

You start a thread encouraging people to attend a protest that you're too lazy to bother summarising the details and concrete aims of? Good luck with that.

lawred2

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

Is Margaret Cash attending?

That’s all I need to know about this nonsense.

Just get back to me when it’s free houses for all so I can stop paying my mortgage like a sucker.

"dis gubbermint dus nuttin fur nobodeee"

well except for tens of thousands in children's allowance, free medical care, back to school allowances, free housing supports, one parent supports, fuel allowances, christmas lolly etc etc etc

SterlingArcher

MOH wrote: »

You start a thread encouraging people to attend a protest that you're too lazy to bother summarising the details and concrete aims of? Good luck with that.

It aims to disguise itself as a protest, but really it just wants to block off all the routes that have the sweetest Pokémon.

This protest is sponsored by Pokémon Go.

the_syco

ygolometsipe wrote: »

The job their paid to do for start.

Try reading the link.

I read the link. The link says that there'll be protests until the problem is fixed. No solutions are mentioned. Just that the problem must get fixed.

incentsitive

Sinn Fein will probably be there with their banners an all in anywayiz, a week after Christy Burke was objecting to the development of an apartment development in Smithfield.

SterlingArcher

incentsitive wrote: »

Sinn Fein will probably be there with their banners an all in anywayiz, a week after Christy Burke was objecting to the development of an apartment development in Smithfield.

Ha now there's a party who are trying to be in touch with everybody and nobody at the same time.

VinLieger

the_syco wrote: »

I read the link. The link says that there'll be protests until the problem is fixed. No solutions are mentioned. Just that the problem must get fixed.

"What do we want?"....."NOW"

"When do we want it?......"NOW!"

"Whats the solution?"......."NOW"

tabby aspreme

ygolometsipe wrote: »

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So would you attend another protest?
Time to put the goverment under proper pressure.

Bput dem undr bpressure, ole ole ole ole

emo72

Slagging Margaret cash is a cheap shot. She hasn't the sense to articulate what she wants, and she's silly to be claiming the government does nothing, when it's obviously helping her loads. As a tax payer who supports her and I get relatively nothing in return, I don't begrudge her. It's the price of society that we live in.

We need more houses and we need the government to do more.