I think it will be FF/FG again with god knows who. Hopefully a left wing party
It will be November 15th
Yeah we'll see what happens.
I think we might see a surge in young people voting for SF again, for them it's not a gamble, it's the only way something will change.
A figure pulled out of somebody’s arse
People not in construction have gone into other industries
Small island rising population big problem
We have near full employment
Do you know how much a 2 bed apartment in a not so great area in Seoul costs? Between one and two million euros
They have 60 year mortgages,so hardly anyone ever owns their house outright
That’s in one of the top 20 wealthiest countries
Makes this place look like heaven
I'd like to know where they got that figure also, because it sounds like bollox
I saw a poster on another thread state that there are 20,000+ construction workers on the dole. I don't know where they got the figures, but if it's true, there's a good place to start.
Wrong way round. If supply was plentiful there wouldn't be an issue with immigration
It's either them or SF sheep, and voting SF is a bigger gamble than both FF/FG, although they'll have their day eventually, i don't think it's this time
2/3 voters under 40 don't own a house, and I'm sure a lot of those voter's parents would accept if the insane price rises stopped so that their kids could have a chance to own a house.
We'll see in the election results I guess. Anyone voting for FF/FG is voting for the madness to continue.
He's not inspiring, in fact, he's the opposite.
Hopefully it's good riddance to him in a couple of weeks time Francie
If SF cause commercial market to crater then we won't need to build any more houses, because there will be nobody left looking for a house.
It's just a number. Like all FFG government "plans", there are never any details.
Simon Harris not getting much kudos for his 'Big Interview', on the back foot from the off and basically promising to do everything they didn't bother their proverbial to do in 14 years.
Took no responsibility for any of his own or governments failures.
No point talking about getting a handle on housing until you tackle immigration first.
Id agree with the economy but do people feel better off. Id hate to see it if it takes a nosedive
I’ve been hearing promises of up to 60,000/year.
Has anyone asked who is going to build these numbers?
The last thing most voters want is a solution to the housing crisis and both FF and FG know this. Most voters are property owners with huge debts and any feasible solution to the housing crisis would send them into negative equity and result in calls for them to up the equity in their mortgages, so that is a mega vote looser. The only solution to the housing crisis that would not impact current owners is one in which people don't get to own a house and until the pain gets a lot worse, that is not going to be acceptable either.
I didn't mention SF at all. Just added a little bit of important context to your analysis.
if it wasn't feasible then, that's down to FF and FG too.
When talking about the riots this month last year, Collette should have asked Harris why no one has been convicted yet.
I am starting to think FFG are in real trouble in this election. Their guff is annoying people. All these shiny new promises seem utterly disingenuous too.
E Murphy admits what everyone knew - FG have never wanted to solve the housing crisis.
Colette Fitzpatrick really putting Simon Harris' feet to the fire here. Bit of a disaster of an interview.
Simon Harris still can't identify the 6 asylum reception centres apart from Thorton Hall which still hasn't taken any refugees.
Third world infrastructure, housing crisis, insane rents if you're a worker, free luxury housing for many wasters... your pay halved if you go over a pittance... law and order ? Lol... couldn't defend ourselves against an attack from the Faroe islands
How could it be worse ? Outrageous taxation over a pittance? Yeah we have that. World's largest welfare state, yeah we have that too... you mean you think it can get worse?
Totally agree. The issues being talked about are the same ones for decade's , most of my mates, mostly forker fg voters, aren't voting. No credible options, decade's of talk and piles of money, nothing done... O'Leary is right, there is no leadership, vision etc... a
Are the anti-business Sinn Fein going to result in commercial construction picking up again?
How is that relevant to the decision of FFG Vs SF?
If anything SF may cause commercial market to crater even more freeing up more labour for residential.
Translation: "I have a house so I want prices to keep rising, screw anyone who doesn't",
I suspect a lot of property owners would agree with you that it makes no sense to change a government making such great progress on housing.
equally though I suspect a lot of people who don't own property might disagree that FFG are making great progress on housing.
Will be interesting to see which view counts for more votes.
Ye are all over the place lads. To be honest, I think ye have had a tough day so I won't slag ye 🙂
100%.
There are far too many risks to the SF proposal & when you contrast their approach with a steady rise in completions under the current govt, coupled with the impact of the planning bill and investment in additional planning staff, as well as an increased residential construction workforce, it just doesn't make sense to change the govt and lose all of that momentum.
MLMD would be laughed out the door by Trump, her election would be great for him, because he could rub the noses of all those diddley-ay Democrats that love the Irish in the dirt even more.
Our relationship with the US should be the second most critical issue in this election, after climate change.
If we don't get climate change right and if we don't get our relationship with the US right, we won't have to worry about housing or health, because we will be back to ghost estates and empty hospitals.
