Alison O'Riordan article in Irish Times....

You'd expect this from the Sindo, I would have thought the Times had more cop on.

youcancallme>al wrote: »

I'm struggling to see what the point of that article is and why the Irish Times published it? Really stating the obvious? The picture made me laugh out loud though.

Anyone else get the feeling that she could be writing this on behalf of the Grand Canal Dock property company? It read a bit like an advertisement....

jester77 wrote: »

What is with this persons whining?

I don't get it. An apartment was on sale, she obviously thought it was worth the asking price, otherwise she would not have purchased it, and she could afford the repayments. I bet she was all happy and smug when she got the keys and opened the front door for the first time.

What has changed? Should it matter if it is worth 10 times more or less than what she paid for it? She bought it to live in, she is still paying back what she was happy to agree to, everything is the same for her. So what if the apartment next door is worth more or less than hers, that has no impact on her repayments.

I wonder would she have the same reaction if the other apartments were designated for social welfare housing ?

While I have little sympathy for her - she managed to earn a little - to pay off the debt by re-hashing "her story" when it was deemed appropriate.

in fairness as everyone else has already stated - there are a lot of people who are in the same or similar situation, they cant expect the government to bail them out - I personally dont think the government should have bailed the banks out.... if you study AGM reports over the last 15-20years the banks were posting millions in profits - where has that money gone ?

I was told in 2005 by my parents to try buy a place instead of renting - at the time I simply said I couldn't afford it an average city centre apartment was €300,000, something I felt I couldnt repay - especially being self-employed.

this reporter - purchased a year, almost 18months after the bubble had burst - recent figures put the peak in summer 2006, some put it in 2007 - either way - she purchased despite all the news in the media (where she works) about falling house prices - banks burst etc etc....for this reason I have little sympathy for her.

has anyone considered taking action against financial institutions about the advice they were given (post bubble burst 2006/2007) - banks and other financial institutions were still trying to give the big sell.

pog it wrote: »

Anyone else get the feeling that she could be writing this on behalf of the Grand Canal Dock property company? It read a bit like an advertisement....

Well she did repeat everything they come with a few times and the price..so it's pretty obvious, Irish newspapers have no standards, they should declare advertising!

lynski wrote: »

We bought because we thought we needed to, we paid market price and THE BANKS AGREED THAT PRICE WAS VALID and we will be staying put and paying through the nose for the next 30 yrs.

The banks were spot on, the market determines the price, hence the price was valid.

I'll never understand people who complain that the banks should have told them not to get a mortgage. They are a business who make 5 figure sums from each customer. As long as you can afford the repayments, why the hell would they care if the money gets spent on something overvalued or not?

Her constant shite flows abruptly

Well, at least the Irish Times seems to do a better job editing then the Sunday Independent with this trash. Gone are the notorious anonymous quotes, the ridiculous phrases she used to spew out, and her overall plan to build solar-powered windmills to pay for the apartment.

Good to have her back

I spent €9 on the lotto last night. I didn't win. Again.
Mutual hug, Alison?

Morlar wrote: »

I don't think anyone has said she is a candidate for mensa.

No, they didn't. But i'm sure she's intelligent enough to understand the decision she was making and the advice she was being given. I'd feel sorry for her if she was a dribbling idiot.

But she isn't, so i don't.

I have read several of this lady's articles and I've absolutely zero sympathy for her.

Nobody put a gun to her head to shell out such an obscene amount of money for a shoebox apartment.

Cry me a river love.

pixelburp wrote: »

I had a wee look at myhome.ie and I see there's still apartments going in that area for upwards of €580,000. Boggles the mind.

I doubt they're "going" anywhere for that price, unless there's a few more Alison's sniffing around.

Just dreamers with their fingers in their ears going "LA LA LA LA LA".

bonerm wrote: »

Had a look on streetview at what (I guess?) is her apartment complex. I don't think she's that worried about the neighbours considering she appears to live in a glorified travellodge.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Grand+Canal+Theatre,+Dublin,+Ireland&sll=53.34389,-6.233486&sspn=0.003292,0.009538&ie=UTF8&hq=Grand+Canal+Theatre,&hnear=Dublin,+County+Fingal,+Ireland&ll=53.344717,-6.243095&spn=0,0.004769&t=h&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.344717,-6.243095&panoid=wfSfiiE1rgjKtYr6mF3wNg&cbp=12,65.45,,0,-20.51

I'd say thats the one. Right beside a post depot and the highlight of your view is other developments across the road. God I actually feel sorry for her now.