@JamesBrowneTD@fiannafailparty@FineGael Relaxing planning rules for cabins and modular homes in back gardens isn’t a solution—it’s a failure. How many of their own children would they expect to live this way? Tax the vultures. Tax empty and derelict properties.
Rents doubled past 10 yrs
Dublin the most expensive city to rent in the EU
% of adult children living at home has risen more in Ireland than any other country by far (25-29 below)
4 in 10 renters in deprivation (can't afford the basics)
homeownership for >40s halved in 10 yrs
Disgraceful! The Government has walked away from the Occupied Territories Bill and voted it down in the Dáil tonight.
After six years of promising to enact the legislation, FF-FG turn their backs.
We’ll keep fighting for the Bill and to see a ban on goods + services from occupied Palestinian lands from being traded in Ireland.
THE CORPORATE TAKEOVER OF HOUSING
Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael, and their so-called “independent” lackeys are handing over mountains of public money to landlords, developers, and vulture funds—while the housing crisis spirals out of control. Fianna Fáil’s fanatical obsession with the private market has been a total disaster, pouring billions into the pockets of investors while the state builds next to nothing. Targets are missed year after year, and ordinary people are left to suffer.
Last year, 60% of all homes sold went to investment funds. The housing system isn’t just broken—it’s rigged against us. An entire generation is being locked out while the government turns the crisis into a cash cow for the rich.
Housing should be built because people need homes, not because some investor wants to make a killing. But instead of fixing the crisis, the government is deliberately manufacturing scarcity—hoping we’ll turn on each other instead of taking the fight to the real culprits: landlords, developers, and vulture funds.
@Education_Ire The upcoming Leaving Cert reform could increase stress for students with 7+ assessments alongside exams. Wealthier students have an unfair advantage, AI raises integrity issues, and teachers face overwhelming workloads. Instead of this, focus on reforming the CAO
@HMcEnteeThe real issue isn’t the Leaving Cert—it’s the CAO system. Forcing students to juggle 7+ assessments plus exams will increase stress, not reduce it. Wealthier students can pay for help, AI raises integrity concerns, Rethink this reform!
Bono may have received the Medal of Freedom but younger Irish artists are putting him to shame for his deafening silence on Gaza
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@FactFinderAI@abierkhatib So you are actually saying a holocaust survivor is wrong and that babies and children are legitimate targets? And did you actually listen to what he said? 😢
@Alan__Shatter Hard to take criticism of Ireland seriously from someone happy to cash their taxpayer-funded ministerial pension. If it’s that bad, perhaps rejecting the pension would show some consistency? #Hypocrisy#Leadership
@noeliehoward@o_reachtaire If the vulture funds were taxed correctly they’d leave the market freeing up housing and lowering prices. If public housing was supplied no need for HAP, freeing up rental properties.
@MiriamOCal@rtenews Can the leaders address why vulture funds aren’t taxed out of the market to make housing affordable? As a homeowner with a substantial mortgage, I don’t mind property values dropping if it means more people can own homes. Housing is a right, not a commodity