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Piecemeal measures are not enough, the government needs to act swiftly and decisively to help ease the burden on ordinary people!

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The ERSI says that #inflation is set to rise to almost 7% this year - the highest its been since 1984!

Ordinary people are struggling to stay afloat, families are struggling to put food on the table, and the cost of fuel is skyrocketing.

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We need robust action to tackle inflation - including a #rentfreeze, banning vulture fund landlords, and a #livingwage - because the way things are going, we simply can't afford to live!

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Ireland's #costofliving is spiralling out of control - from rip-off #rents to the weekly shop emptying our pockets, #inflation is rampant. And guess what, a few crumbs thrown to us by the government isn't really going to help!

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The CSO says the worst affected by #inflation are - unsurprisingly - people on lower-incomes, older people and people in rural areas. But make no mistake, it's hitting all working people too, especially families with kids.

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But this joke of a government clearly doesn't give a damn, as when asked today about the report, #LeoVaradkar said he hadn't even read it!

We need to build, build, #buildpublichousing that undercuts the #propertybubble so that everyone can have a #home for themselves.

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A new report from KPMG says that Dublin's #housesprices are going to rise by a whopping 25% over the next few years. Most homes are already out of the reach of ordinary people in our capital, and now their cost is going to rise by a quarter?

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Is this the '#HousingForAll' that the government is droning on about? More like housing for a small few, indefinite rent or homelessness for everyone else!

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Why does this government love #landlords, hate #renters and despire #publichousing? The answer is probably quite obvious...

It's time to end the rent rip off - we need a #rentfreeze now! We need to #buildpublichousing.

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The government's new law on #rent increases won't be worth the paper it's written on, as it leaves a massive #loophole which landlords can use to increase rent by more than the 2% limit.

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By allowing landlords who haven't increased rent in previous years to compound rent increases of 2% for every year, we will be facing rent increases of up to 4%, 6%, or even 8%!

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The #Cobblestone is saved - at least for now - and this campaign shows that #peoplepower really does get the goods! Let's see more of this, together we can make #Ireland a better place to live.

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#PeoplePower has saved The #Cobblestone pub in #Dublin's #Smithfield!

Greedy developers had planned to drastically reduce the size of one of Ireland's most famous pubs and cultural hubs in order to build yet another hotel to cream in money off tourists.

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A campaign of local people, activists, musicians and artists organised around the theme that #DublinIsDying, and after protests and over 700 objections being filed, Dublin City Council last week rejected the hotel planning permission.

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We need a government that will commit to the mass building of quality #publichousing for all who want it.

This will help to deflate the #propertybubble, bring house prices down so that those who want to buy a home can, and those who want to rent from the state can do so.

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Average #houseprices have *doubled* in under a decade, and by 12% in the last year alone, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office.

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The average cost of house in #Ireland is now almost €320,000 - while in Dublin it is the guts of half a million euro for a standard home!

The government's housing policy has failed. Affordable housing is a lie, and fair #rent is non-existent.

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They could also provide a home for the planned community WIFI hubs, which are currently shaping up for more 'you scratch my back' local strokes by politicians and politically connected businesspeople.

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This week has seen the closure of 88 Bank of Ireland branches, and soon we will see the withdrawal of KBC and Ulster #Bank from the Irish market. Meanwhile, around 200 post offices will face closure over the next 18 months.

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These buildings would be eminently suitable for branches of a Public #StateBank, while also functioning as a community hub for night classes, after school care or such services as needed locally.