Louise O Reilly on Katie Hannon earlier. Offered nothing as usual, highlights included:
"You'd think for 400 grand a year, Paul Reid would be able to reel off which vaccine centres are open for walk-ins off the top of his head"
Had the brass neck to say the government let female soldiers down (previous governments did nothing about misogyny tbf) when she's literally in the top brass of a part that up to 20 years ago saw these same soldiers as legitimate targets? Her party still actively celebrate doing that to this day.
Wrong quote
Can I ask where you have been reading these stats? I have read it, and nothing mentioned like you state above.
Eh? The 36% who think a united Ireland is important are only pretest votes to a party who have Irish unity pretty high up their list of policies?
That 36% are only protest voters though and wouldn't have a pile of loyalty to SF and just vote for them as they want change....
I don't think you've gone in to enough depth. See how many SF voters don't think a United Ireland is important, I think it was over 20%.
The inevitable Fianna Failisation is happening. The party is being dragged to the center and more adult politics because it has no choice. If it moves away it loses the more recent voters.
The question I have is when the split happens because die hard republicans particularly in the north won't recognise the party in a few years time.
They won't be republican enough.
Only 36% of SF voters here today now think a UI is "very important"...think of what that would been 10 years a go.
I notice that Blanch never answered you, another blatant lie/defelction by that poster, regular occurance.
Might I respectfully suggest that your memory might be a bit hazy or possibly skewed?
The poll had "Sinn Fein supporters" at 83% in favour of a united Ireland.
47% in favour of a united Ireland, but in no immediate hurry (which I'd agree with, you can't exactly go rushing into something like that)
36% supported a united Ireland, and thought it was "very important" which in my mind is meaningless anyway.
What the other 17% thought, who knows as they didn't seem to elaborate on it.
I see polls are important again though, if some lads can use what they see as "points" to score.
Yes, they are showing all the signs of becoming FF Nua.
All things to all people, with every principle available for sale, while clinging to a far-away dream of a united Ireland, that is so far in the future that it only serves at holding the populist population together.
In todays poll you can see the dilution of the SF party by new voters and their bread and butter priorities. Only 36% of SF voters now think a UI is "very important" and I think I read over 20% think it's not important at all, but it's paywalled so can't re-read.
Aren't SF just going to become Fianna Fail in the end?
The new voters they have to try hold on to do not have a UI anywhere near the top of priorities if at all.
This is so crammed full of barefaced lies, dressed up to look like mere "inaccuracies" it's laughable.
Where have SF said they want to abolish carbon taxes. They were against increasing them in the latest budget but there's a massive gap betwen the two.
Affordable and social housing aren't 'goodies'. Lining the pockets of vulture and cuckoo funds is as is crony state contracts and jobs.
We've had enough. The new polls show it.
Time to use a family who had a relative die in the troubles?
Am I? I'm simply reporting that SF and others voted against it and had reasons.
No. Life's too short. SF and others objected based on allocation of social and affordable and how a private developers profit added to the cost.
Its all there.
How on earth can you "abolish" water charges, if they are already abolished?
Maybe I was dreaming, but did not FF/FG establish an "expert commission" that effectively abolished them, when it concluded that water should be paid for, out of general taxation?
Not SF/PBP/whatever Paul Murphy is calling himself these days, FF/FG were responsible for that one.
As it happens, I agreed with the concept of charging for water usage, but of course FG/Lab tinkered with it so much that what we were left with was a sham and a scam that people wouldn't buy into.
Nonetheless, it's already abolished.
The most important thing they need to do is get shovel in the ground on the big infrastructural projects so that Sinn Fein can't cancel them to pay for goodies for everyone.
The next most important thing is the work of the Commission on Taxation and Social Welfare. That will become a key election issue as parties will have to explain whether they agree with its conclusions or not. Sinn Fein may be badly exposed on this as it is difficult to see how such a Commission would be against carbon taxes, LPT or water charges, all of which Sinn Fein wants to abolish.
The housing issue won't be solved within the lifetime of this government, and that will be the big stick that will be used by Sinn Fein, even though they have a complete lack of practical solutions.
FF were on 32 two weeks before the election. These things can change fast. It's a bit like winning the transfer window I guess.
Long way to go to another election.
I find it hard to see what will transform the picture beteen now and then. SF are kind of invulnerable as the main opposition party. They've been through various mini-scandals like around Brian Stanley's alleged homophobia and it's barely dented them.
I suppose it's possible the government parties could enjoy some 'wins' but they're firefighting on so many fronts it's hard to see them doing more than holding their ground.
Interesting poll, from what I can see, SF seem to have taken at least some points from the Greens and FG, if they (SF) are + 3 points, and the Greens and FG are both down 2 points each.
SF now polling at nearly the same numbers as FF/FG combined.
Phenomenal polling for them.
There is no point in engaging with that post. Selective quotations from articles behind a paywall are a very flimsy case.
Will be great to see a woman taoiseach for a change tbh.
However, I am sure that there will be some lad along in a while to tell us that it is undemocratic that we don't have an election when Sinn Fein are this high in the polls.
Another day another record opinion poll high for SF
Looks like their la will be ag teacht pretty soon...
The department cautioned “that a range of dwelling types at various price ranges” were covered by the figures while noting that the cost of delivery can vary greatly depending on the type of development and the area involved.
Why are you taking these figures as gospel? Indeed in some councils such as Limerick, it is cheaper to buy turnkey properties than for the council to develop their own.
The devil will be in the detail here and I would imagine the owner of the land would be a big difference.
And a good article here that shows what the motives.
Impressively, Dublin City Council officials managed to square these many circles by obtaining a tender that would see the developer pay €14 million for the land in return for 853 homes, 428 of which to be disposed of as private homes - with the developer offering to sell 50pc or more of these back to the council for a cost-rental scheme and a further 172 to be sold to low- and middle-income workers qualifying for the upcoming affordable purchase scheme. The council would then buy a further 253 units for social housing provided at the construction cost rather than open market value.
Can you point out exactly what the problem with the development is though?
A revised scheme put forward by Glenveagh will now see all 853 properties used for State-supported homes – a tenure mix of 40pc social housing, 40pc cost rental and 20pc affordable purchase.
The affordable housing element will see one-beds priced between €204,000 and €238,000; two-beds from €227,000 to €284,000; and three-beds from €250,000 to €306,000.
Why did SF vote against this? All I can see from the article is: Sinn Féin’s Housing spokesperson Eoin Ó Broin described the outcome of the vote as “disappointing, but not surprising”.
Is he disappointed homes will be built? Also I never mentioned other parties in any of my posts so can you please stop bringing that up.
Oh my god. Memory loss is a serious thing. I never mentioned cost, but I'll take a cheap laugh from your efforts at changing the subject.
Why do companies build? For **** and giggles? Why do the friends of the government parties invest in builds/build to rents, for the craic?
It's not like there's any profit to be made 😎
Building en masse is cheaper than buying or leasing for 25 years en masse. Do you think these lads design and build these units for cost? 😂
This is the UK:
This is Ireland, 2020:
Local councils can build social housing at half the cost of private developers
New figures show major difference in cost between direct builds and turnkey purchases
This is from 2021:
Developers 'gouging' councils by charging up to €100k extra on apartment builds
Dublin City Council has been charged up to €372,842 for a two-bed apartment – €100,000 more than the average construction price, according a new report
There's more money to be slipped to the right TD or councillor going the failed route we continue on.
I support any party, including SF, who vote to block the tax payer getting robbed through these housing schemes.
Please tag or bookmark this post. I don't want to have to 'explain' this to you every so often.
That's the point Blanchey pal! , this is the same toolbag that repeatedly claims Michael Collins was FGs founder.
Great work, seeing as the big man was dead for over ten years before FGs came to be.
Honestly, I've no idea why Varadkar and co allow his constant stupidity on Twitter. He's a Grade-A - Bell End.
one of us is definitely " confused " you got pulled up on this nonsense about mentioning other partys a while ago by the poster b kelly if I remember rightly with evidence of you engaging in it regularly !!!!!
all over the shop you are...
You appear to be confused. You don't understand my point.
