General Election TV debates

ACitizenErased

Even though Eamon Ryan is a complete and utter spacer, at least he's suggesting something even remotely different.

passremarkable

Claire looking really well tonight
And questioner
Just saying

mzungu

mgn wrote: »

What is it with politicians these days talking with their hands, is it the media trainers telling them to do it, or what is the reason behind it.

It's the media trainers. Expressive gestures have always been a feature of political speeches.

Jinglejangle69

iCareNotOneJot wrote: »

How is Ireland in such a bad way. These guys have all the answers !

Ireland isn't in a bad way.

AllForIt

I didn't realize Breanda Howlin was so short. Like Lord of the Rings short.

Does this mean he's going to be our next president?

Always Be Closing

That blonde was fit as f**k

Wheety

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

You need to be targetting the cost of the house, not the finance to buy it with.

Exactly. Martin talking about helping people get their deposit together. Fine Gael saying they'll give €30k to first time buyers. Are they really that thick? House prices will just jump €30k instantly and it'll be another gift of public money to private developers.

gmisk

Pointless incentives to force prices up....is MM solution to the housing problem...Jesus wept

Atlantic Dawn

gmisk wrote: »

In Dublin?! You must be joking.

Without the cost of land it should be possible to.

Salary Negotiator

CPTM wrote: »

Yeah I agree - She's challenging them pretty well. Leo isn't doing great here. This is a weak answer and it's the first time he's spoken in 10 minutes.

He doesn’t have to talk if Martin is fighting with Mary Lou, and the left are fighting amongst themselves.

Ryan is making good points but probably not making enough snappy sound bites to have a big impact.

_Kaiser_

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Ireland isn't in a bad way.

You need to look around a bit more and beyond the soundbites about "the economy"

Eric Cartman

RBB : ThEyRe BuIlDiNg HoTeLs
sit down son....

Spanish Eyes

RBB is the image of his Mammy.

That’s as much as I can say about these debates. Rubbish. From each and every one of them. Imv of course!

Snow Garden

Eamonn Ryan doing well.

iCareNotOneJot

Jinglejangle69 wrote: »

Ireland isn't in a bad way.

Appartantly theres a Health, Housing and quality of life crisis

Sounds pretty bad to me!!

Eric Cartman

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Without the cost of land it should be possible to.

Id agree with that. 40% of the cost.

padd b1975

Eamonn Ryan is even smugger than his wife.

That's saying something.

Hippykitten

Pearse would be better than Mary

L1011

Claire managing to hold them all well so far.

Mary Lou really unable to handle the SCC / remaining IRA links thing which she should have polished perfectly at this stage.

Leo really struggling

Andrew00

Miss Joan Burtons screech "CAN I JUST SAY"

Or Enda Kennys "boom boom"

gmisk

Atlantic Dawn wrote: »

Without the cost of land it should be possible to.

You kind of need the land though..
Any mention of the massive amounts of social housing where people aren't paying anything? With basically zero comeback or threat of eviction

CPTM

Eric Cartman wrote: »

180k is the figure I came to with average wages, in Leos mind its 320k though.

If you're talking about a 3 bed semi, then you're talking family home which typically these days has two earning adults (I accept that's not always the case but typically) - 2 times the average wage, times 3.5 (lending limit) plus deposit gives a figure closer to 300k?

Underground

Demand side initiatives are not needed, demand is sky high as is and this fact seems to be lost on these lads. As CB pointed out most people that used help to buy had the deposit anyway. All Leo's ideas would do would fuel house price inflation.

Then Eamon "buzz killington" Ryan complaining about giving cheques to the developer etc etc, I know developers are rightly unpopular after the last crash but we need to come up with incentives for people to build homes, if that's a cheque, or a Vat break, or just something to sweeten the deal for the developer, that's what needs to happen.

technocrat

MLM waffling...

Vivienne23

Build that amount of council housing estates every 16 year old in the country will be pregnant on a housing list !

Eric Cartman

L1011 wrote: »

Claire managing to hold them all well so far.

Mary Lou really unable to handle the SCC / remaining IRA links thing which she should have polished perfectly at this stage.

Leo really struggling

This is the most surprising thing, if she had have nailed that then SF may have had a future, the headline to take away from tonight is theyre still the RA run from up north.

KevRossi

Mary Lou has told us we are in an emergency..., 4 times

Thanks, Mary Lou - any solutions?

gmisk

Hippykitten wrote: »

Pearse would be better than Mary

Totally agree he is excellent

Mr.Crinklewood

If the contestants dont answer the question given to them, they should be muted for 5 minutes

Atlantic Dawn

gmisk wrote: »

You kind of need the land though..
Any mention of the massive amounts of social housing where people aren't paying anything? With basically zero comeback or threat of eviction

Plenty of public land, additionally lots of farming land could be compulsory purchased, you can see so much undeveloped land when flying in to Dublin Airport.