devlinio wrote: » Would be a disaster. We need FG to continue the good work they are doing. We will not see the results overnight, but look at where we were 5 years ago compared to now. We're basically a different country. People will look back in 2025 and finally appreciate the work FG is doing.
Idbatterim wrote: » Where are we? Still pathetic infrastructure, marginal rate of tax is a farce. Law and order? Lol. Housing and the entire housing set up is a farce. No , they have been In power over eight years , over 3000 nights , enough is enough ... See you can’t fix problems for one section of society, when those aims are totally at odds with your cronies and mates and even yourself... Are pretty much all decision makers here property owners ? Yes ... there we start , the decision makers have a massive interest in rising property prices ...
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » How long are the troika gone? Do you realise how broke we were up until a few years ago?
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Amazing. How many lives did FF affect with decimating the country only 10 years ago. And they will be back in next all because of some faux outrage over 10,000 people who mostly want a house for free. Unbelievable.
Idbatterim wrote: » Lads I don’t even see much points in these threads. Two sides , both won’t budge. So no point in trying to change opinion. A new party here that was competent could take twenty to twenty five percent of the vote in my opinion ...https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/progressive-ireland-is-a-fantasy-cultivated-by-elites-1.3841954?mode=amp
People here may defend dumb and dumber , but they are proven failures. If sf were in power would they have allowed the vulture fund and Nama farces? Flogging off asserts here , like apartment blocks for a pittance? That now cost the tax payer a fortune to purchase?
Idbatterim wrote: » why is my comment getting taken down! FG wanted more fuel poured on the fire during the boom, when they obviously would have loved to have been at the helm (understandably). The music stopped when FF had the parcel in their hands. That isnt a rant, that is fact! FG want a pat on the back because of "chance" , "timing"?
is_that_so wrote: » Whatever drugs that writer is on, I'd like some please. He seems to be in happy place with tangerine trees and marmalade skies! As always commentary outside equates us with the left/right divide of the rest of Europe. We already have our own brand of populism - it's called election promises. 20% you say. Is that based on a straw poll of me and my friends? The only cost the tax payer has had is the black hole of Anglo. Everything else has been or will be paid for. If you imagine a two-fingered salute by a sitting SF government would have worked take a look at the Greek experience.
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » It has been shown here time and time again Richard Bruton calling on FF to stop the spending wrecklessly and producing budgets to match during the boom. You know this as well.
Idbatterim wrote: » I dont recall this, that is not to say it didnt happen. Hardly took Warren Buffet to say "STOP" the madness, knowing at some point in the future, sure as night follows day, the idiocy of it all , would come home to roost!
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Exactly and to be honest probably didn’t do much in school and didn’t bother with college. That’s life, sounds harsh but it’s true. Hard work pays.
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Would you give over. Anything to suggest FGs time is up not forgetting their still polling the highest? The housing crisis is a myth created by the left but people are starting to see through the lies.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » https://twitter.com/mammaxine/status/1111920084665204736?s=19
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » ???? What??
AndrewJRenko wrote: » €1800 for a 3-bed house in Tallaght
myshirt wrote: » Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Would you give over. Anything to suggest FGs time is up not forgetting their still polling the highest? The housing crisis is a myth created by the left but people are starting to see through the lies. 18,000 homes built last year. 30,000 built in all of the UK last year. We’re not doing too bad and once you do a bit of research and not listen to eoin Ó Broin and Paul Murphy this becomes evident. Are you having a giraffe? Fine Gael have done quite bad on housing. They have ignored good advice because it's politically unpalatable and they don't have the competence to deliver. For example, property taxes need to almost double, CAT thresholds need to drop hugely, more apartments need to be built, the transport unions need to be taken on, social housing support capped at 5 years, planning permission linked to target costs / proposed selling prices, those with parental support to buy or living at home to save need to be taxed, the list goes on.
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Would you give over. Anything to suggest FGs time is up not forgetting their still polling the highest? The housing crisis is a myth created by the left but people are starting to see through the lies. 18,000 homes built last year. 30,000 built in all of the UK last year. We’re not doing too bad and once you do a bit of research and not listen to eoin Ó Broin and Paul Murphy this becomes evident.
naughtb4 wrote: » Actually they have done a worse job on infrastructure, no improvements since they came to power and Leo was blaming FF for their not being enough trains recently
Wheeliebin30 wrote: » Strange so the new Luas lines and the N7 lane extensions and the newlands cross flyover for example, three things i encountered yesterday must have been my imagination. We should have built a metro when we were borrowing daily just to keep the country barely running 5 years ago. Silly decisions.
Johnny Dogs wrote: » Just on the N7 upgrade, it will be great when it's done but I can't help feel there's a whiff of yellow pack going on with it. Such a busy stretch of road being upgraded in any other country, and the workers would be at it 24/7. It's a bit ridiculous that we seem to be only paying for the upgrade work to be carried out floor mid week construction, and no night time work going on. As a very regular user of the road, it's a major pain in the hoop being stuck in major queues of traffic, and the 60km restrictions, with the speed cameras randomly and strategically placed on it. (Must be a nice earner though) Looking at all the equipment on that road sitting Idle in the evenings and all the weekend is fairly disheartening. No reason that road couldn't have been completed a lot sooner.
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