IAmTheReign wrote: » No the objection was that public land was going to be sold to a private developer and some of it would be used to build private housing. At no point was there any discussion about the plan itself. Sinn Fein appear to have collective amnesia that the plan to sell the land to a private developer came from them.https://twitter.com/EOBroin/status/1328431885563944962?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1328431885563944962%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fpublish.twitter.com%2F%3Fquery%3Dhttps3A2F2Ftwitter.com2FEOBroin2Fstatus2F1328431885563944962widget%3DTweet
IAmTheReign wrote: » This argument again? SF were all for giving over land to private developers as an incentive to build when they ran Dublin city council. It's bad enough that they go on about the housing crisis while blocking developments, it's a whole other level that they're now getting away with torpedoing developments they pushed for! This was how they felt in 2017; But in 2020 the plan they pushed for isn't good enough anymore; They also tried, but failed, to stop the development at O'Devaney Gardens;
blanch152 wrote: » SF's hypocrisy on the housing issue would be nauseating in normal times. With the current issues, it is beyond despicable.
starkid wrote: » there's a global housing crisis.The world is facing a housing affordability crisis.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Didn't we hear similar excuses after the financial collapse...the whole world was in financial meltdown, stop looking at what was done here. :rolleyes:
FrancieBrady wrote: » Sounds to me from reading the objectors opinions that the developers are unbelievably proposing to repeat the mistakes of places like Ballymun - brilliant in conception but disastrous in reality because of the issues pointed out by the objectors. The housing crisis s not a charter to repeat the mistakes of bad planning.
FrancieBrady wrote: » All this look over there Shinister chat about housing...was there a poll showing the electorate trust the Shinners on housing more than anyone else or something?
SmokyMo wrote: » Didn't Leo say recently that even his own voters trust SF more on housing than his own party and he needs to address that?
blanch152 wrote: » Well yes, posters are pointing to the very Shinnister way that people like O'Broin are talking out of both sides of their mouth on the issue. He has got away with it to date but people are beginning to see through it.
Jinglejangle69 wrote: » Honesty the best thing FF and FG could do now for the country and themselves is let the government collapse and let SF take the reigns. They don't have the balls. Opportunity missed.
SmokyMo wrote: » That is absolute nonsense that FG likes you to believe. Take a took a look at each of those objections and will be evident why. The most common denominator is giving away public land with money attached to a private developer who then stands to make 10x on that dev while tax payer left to foot the bill? No thank you. Engage some critical thinking please.
blanch152 wrote: » There is a clear pattern emerging of Sinn Fein on the ground frustrating every single initiative to provide housing. It is a deeply cynical political move, however, people are beginning to see through it.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Leo is trying to set up Dublin Bay Sourh as a fight between FG and SF. Knowing full well FG should be a shoe in there.
jimmycrackcorm wrote: » Unlike SF: Mr O’Broin has characterised the upcoming by-election in Dublin Bay South as ‘a referendum on the Government’s failure to tackle the housing crisis’. Be interesting then if FG does win the seat. SF's constant objections to housing developments are simply going to be ammunition on the canvas rounds at the doorsteps for any points about housing.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Most by-elections are about the opposition v the government jimmy. Varadkar is trying to make this a FG v SF one, so he can claim validation.
blanch152 wrote: » Seems like you are getting a bit nervous there Francie, trying to frame the narrative. Do you think SF won't do well or something?
FrancieBrady wrote: » No idea. It has never been a SF V FG game in that constituency. We get it, Leo needs a win even a manufactured one will do.
blanch152 wrote: » If the opposition can't take out the government now, they never will.
FrancieBrady wrote: » Fair old rubbish. Setting the by-election up in order to gloat, like Leo is trying to do. It isn't a shoot out between SF and FG.
Marine Layer wrote: » I don't think FG will win DBS,FF might My bet is Ivana Right level of distance from government and Righteous indignation combo this time for her,plus ameniability to the D4 set Whoever wins it will gloat