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snubbleste · 11-08-2015 02:07PM

Dan Jaman wrote: »

Phased out, yes; banned overnight, no.

The legislation was announced in 2008. It came into force Feb 2013.
That's five years notice

snubbleste · 11-08-2015 02:08PM

Jim Connolly? We found his voice!

Roger_007 · 11-08-2015 02:08PM

Fujitsu10 wrote: »

I was passing through one of the large social housing areas in Cork last weekend and the Missus commented about all the boarded up houses. If a few bob was made available to get these houses fit for habitation then the problem mightn't be so bad. Also the fact that the clients can turn down 2 housing offers and still be on the housing list makes no sense either. :mad:

Dublin people think that moving to Cork is like moving to sub-Sahara Africa!

neris · 11-08-2015 02:08PM

Don Bosco? did don conroy & bosco mate and this is the result?

snubbleste · 11-08-2015 02:09PM

All the TDs are on holidays

Fujitsu10 · 11-08-2015 02:09PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

Dublin people think that moving to Cork is like moving to sub-Sahara Africa!

We have homeless people in Cork as well don't you know :pac:

Tiger Mcilroy · 11-08-2015 02:09PM

What show is she listening to, half stories and councilors on waffling is not an expose.

snubbleste · 11-08-2015 02:10PM

A cake analogy

Dan Jaman · 11-08-2015 02:10PM

snubbleste wrote: »

The legislation was announced in 2008. It came into force Feb 2013.
That's five years notice

With nothing done in the meantime - no grant money available, no incentive to change and most b/s owners had no reserves to enable them to do the conversions needed. They were hanging on by the skin of their teeth, a lot of them.
Sure, some b/s were utterly awful, but many weren't and didn't deserve to be closed down.

neris · 11-08-2015 02:11PM

Wheres Daddy???

jetfiremuck · 11-08-2015 02:11PM

snubbleste wrote: »

Because the State allowed tenants to buy house. The local authorities had no choice.

The thinking in the council near me was they wanted out of land lording budget wise it was killing them..... Low rents, a lot of repairs, staffing, inefficiencies etc. same as they got out of the rubbish collection business.

Flukey · 11-08-2015 02:11PM

Fujitsu10 wrote: »

I was passing through one of the large social housing areas in Cork last weekend and the Missus commented about all the boarded up houses. If a few bob was made available to get these houses fit for habitation then the problem mightn't be so bad. Also the fact that the clients can turn down 2 housing offers and still be on the housing list makes no sense either. :mad:

Very true. They are all around the country. You've also got ghost estates screaming out to be used. You could get a few of the unemployed people that have construction skills and try to get them to do that thing that was mentioned earlier in the thread. I think it was called work. That might help.

snubbleste · 11-08-2015 02:11PM

Dan Jaman wrote: »

With nothing done in the meantime - no grant money available, no incentive to change and most b/s owners had no reserves to enable them to do the conversions needed. They were hanging on by the skin of their teeth, a lot of them.
Sure, some b/s were utterly awful, but many weren't and didn't deserve to be closed down.

We had the Big R

my friend · 11-08-2015 02:11PM

Waiting for Lorraine to tell us she's waiting to get on a 3rd level Addiction Studies Course

Dan Jaman · 11-08-2015 02:12PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

Dublin people think that moving to Cork is like moving to sub-Sahara Africa!

Or Skibberreeen or Kerry, holy jaysus, it's like the back of nowhere.

Roger_007 · 11-08-2015 02:12PM

Fujitsu10 wrote: »

We have homeless people in Cork as well don't you know :pac:

Yeah.........Sam Maguire or Liam McCarthy can't find a home there.:D

snubbleste · 11-08-2015 02:12PM

Surely Joe can open his mansion to deez silt o de eart peeple

Rock Lesnar · 11-08-2015 02:12PM

Did she just happen to have a Radio and Phone in her plastic bag?

somesoldiers · 11-08-2015 02:12PM

neris wrote: »

Wheres Daddy???

he stayed with him for a bit but they don't get on. he had to walk from D7 to D9 coz the fadder kicked him out then they lady in the hotel in Clontarf kicked them out coz they broke curfew...

Dan Jaman · 11-08-2015 02:13PM

snubbleste wrote: »

We had the Big R

You'd think that somebody in charge might have noticed it.

Flukey · 11-08-2015 02:13PM

snubbleste wrote: »

All the TDs are on holidays

That means their houses are free. Stick a few of the homeless into them and into the places that some of the country ones have in Dublin for when the Dáil is in session.

Flukey · 11-08-2015 02:15PM

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Did she just happen to have a Radio and Phone in her plastic bag?

No, but the person she mugged did.

Fujitsu10 · 11-08-2015 02:15PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

Dublin people think that moving to Cork is like moving to sub-Sahara Africa!

What I should have said also was that Cork people think their in sub-Sahara Africa when they visit certain parts of Cork City..

snubbleste · 11-08-2015 02:16PM

Arent there loads of homeless people in the Phoenix Park?

NormanNicetouch · 11-08-2015 02:16PM

So a couple whose family has moved out is going to take in a few homeless strangers when their own families and friends won't even take them in?

Roger_007 · 11-08-2015 02:17PM

Rock Lesnar wrote: »

Did she just happen to have a Radio and Phone in her plastic bag?

There's usually more to these stories than we hear on Liveline!

snubbleste · 11-08-2015 02:18PM

"We are a crazy sick country"

Dan Jaman · 11-08-2015 02:18PM

I can put them up my caravan - it's got its own postcode. I don't mind trousering 4K per month.

Rock Lesnar · 11-08-2015 02:18PM

Roger_007 wrote: »

There's usually more to these stories than we hear on Liveline!

What!!! you mean i should be sceptical of these poor stories

Roger_007 · 11-08-2015 02:18PM

When it comes to Liveline, we know which end the money is!

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