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Source is the EuroStat population report published last week https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/tps00178/default/table?lang=en&fbclid=IwAR3hcaWmOkXoqQB4-2aeOTqwXF2N361fArdUz3P5Nz7TyNubdS8a9Wceo98 If we did have 150k emigration, then it must have been all Irish born people (which was...

Dan O'Brien, the economist, was on the newspaper panel with Brendan O'Connor on RTE radio 1 Sunday morning. He rolled out a stat which even stunned Brendan for a moment! The foreign born population of Ireland grew by 250k in 2022 alone. Just 1 year! It's actually a success story that we have so...

https://www.independent.ie/business/personal-finance/the-low-level-of-legal-proceedings-needs-to-be-clarified-banks-and-vulture-funds-accused-of-giving-homeowners-in-arrears-free-houses/a1692885721.html David Hall is wondering why there are no repossessions happening!!! He must know of some...

He was on the Katie Hannon Upfront show on RTE Monday night and was very weak I thought. I think he said at one stage that he's a Solicitor specialising in Family Law by trade!

There's a lot more of this to come from the McVerry crash I'd wager. Too much money in this country, too easy to throw it at every problem no matter the costs involved. We'll eventually come to regret how much we wasted when times are leaner

Lot of publicity about the current €2m SFT limit in the past week or so with the Gardai promotions story making the running on it https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/senior-gardai-threaten-to-quit-amid-pensions-timebomb-stand-off/a1850136929.html Both Pat Kenny and Claire Byrne radio shows...

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/retired-gardai-forced-to-pay-over-115k-in-bills-due-to-pension-tax-law-change-0rw9l0pw9 Behind a paywall but discusses how this ceiling is affecting promotions in the Garda at Chief Super, Assistant Commissioners and Deputy Commissioner. I also read recently...

All is not what it seems when it comes to our workforce! An oldie but a great article still https://davidmcwilliams.ie/the-mystery-of-disability/

'think'!!! They're going to be near wiped out. Lucky to get 2 seats max and this LNG terminal won't be a deciding factor in any of their losses

There are day trip packages....coach, ferry, match ticket. It's a long day, 24 hours on the go or close to it but it's the best value and gets you into the game

Not nonsense at all. The poster I responded to referred to 'other team sports' and not women's teams only. I'm merely pointing out that rugby operates in a world of maybe 12 teams where only 3 of them (and that's even managing to incl England despite their best efforts at this time) are at the...

Irish rugby operates in the equivalent of a pub league compared to our national football teams. There's no comparison around the levels of competition they face and the path to the top in those sports. Vera was a victim of player power. Her number was up as soon as McCabe had a pop at her...

What happens to the new state company's workers in say Mayo when there's no projects upcoming for a while....will they all relocate to a part of Ireland where the same state company is short workers? No questions asked, no additional remuneration? What level of sick days are we looking at in a...

If you can't pay, they don't take it away in Ireland so unless your friend is a recent arrival in Ireland, he/she should know that. I gave up my tracker 12 months ago and fixed for 5 years. Inflation was well under way by then and it was obvious to me that it wasn't going anyway but up. I...

You can't just turn on a switch to increase supply. We're at full housing construction capacity and will build less this year than last. We've not only to build 50k houses a year + 250k backlog but there's also construction workers needed for: - Myca redress scheme where thousands of houses...

Got my 2 monthly bill today from Bord Gais. €350 which is not quiet double the same period last year which was €189. Units used are actually down slightly this year. Heat is on for about 3 to 4 hours a day max in total

https://www.irishtimes.com/crime-law/courts/2022/12/20/tenants-who-owe-over-70000-in-rent-arrears-can-spend-christmas-in-house/ Even when you play the system and even when the Judge calls you out on it, you still get more time. 75k rental arrears by mid Feb and thousands in legal costs

It's an insane concept. 40% tax on those that work with no tax credits to pay for this. Probably higher tax rates on higher earners. We've just seen what happens when paying people to stay at home - a lot of them don't come back and there's labour shortages throughout the economy. Of course the...

IMO, many Employers using these vouchers in lieu of pensionable pay rises to some degree. Not a good direction to be going in and no surprise the Govt recently increased the tax free limit to €1k. Unions silent as usual

Residents Associations were no problem back in the Celtic Tiger when we were building 50-60,000 houses a year at one point. It's just more interference in housing which will have minimal impact. Bring in the Kenny Report recommendations around land valuations and hit big landowners and...