Mickey Dee sells a house!

blanch152

mrslancaster wrote: »

How can a proper notice of termination be an eviction
I thought eviction involved a RTB / legal process or the sheriff after a breach in the tenancy agreement like non-payment of rent or anti-social behaviour?
I would appreciate it if someone would explain this.

They would have had a lease for the year, the lease was terminated in advance and they were evicted.

mrslancaster

blanch152 wrote: »

They would have had a lease for the year, the lease was terminated in advance and they were evicted.

sorry, didn't see the bit that said they had a lease for a year and it was terminated in advance. Didn't think that was allowed. Thought it was only ok to give notice to terminate for a specific reason like selling.

StackSteevens

mrslancaster wrote: »

sorry, didn't see the bit that said they had a lease for a year and it was terminated in advance. Didn't think that was allowed. Thought it was only ok to give notice to terminate for a specific reason like selling.

This link is to that part of the story:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/students-told-to-leave-so-president-higgins-can-sell-house-w9vq8gss0

(if it's behind a paywall, let me know and I'll post an excerpt.)

JustAThought

StackSteevens wrote: »

This link is to that part of the story:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/students-told-to-leave-so-president-higgins-can-sell-house-w9vq8gss0

(if it's behind a paywall, let me know and I'll post an excerpt.)

Paywall.

I could read to the bit that said they were given notice to leave at the start of the summer. Hardly a crisis as that is when term leaves and most students leave or start typically looking for excuses to get out of renting anymore.

but maybe the content behind the paywall makes a difference to the story.

I wouod be more concerned about our preaident having a uniformed gaurd of 30 on mopeds in monogramex uniforms that acxompany him wherever he goes to state occasions. Are the traffic police and army not enough nowadays? Laters upon layers of costs and unnecessary expenses taxed out of the working poor.

suicide_circus

JustAThought wrote: »

I wouod be more concerned about our preaident having a uniformed gaurd of 30 on mopeds in monogramex uniforms that acxompany him wherever he goes to state occasions. Are the traffic police and army not enough nowadays? Laters upon layers of costs and unnecessary expenses taxed out of the working poor.

Socialist presidents accross the globe are well known for their love of pomp and ceremony

StackSteevens

Extract:-

The tenants of a Galway property owned by President Michael D Higgins have been told to move out because the house is being put on the market.

Higgins and his wife Sabina will benefit from an enhanced tax break by selling the house within seven years of its purchase. The president has previously been a critic of property speculators.

During last year’s presidential election campaign, he also backed calls by homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry for a three-year moratorium on evictions.

At the start of the summer the house’s tenants, all students in NUI Galway, were given until the end of September to quit the property, on Sylvan Road in Newcastle, minutes from the college campus. A number of those living in the six-bedroom house are foreign students. When some of the residents said they had been unable to find alternative accommodation over the summer, Higgins’s solicitor told them the deadline for quitting the property was being extended until the end of December but that the house would then be going on the market.

Some of the students are understood to have consulted Threshold, the housing agency, about their rights.

By selling the house between now and the end of 2021, the Higginses will benefit from a full capital gains tax (CGT) exemption which was introduced for properties bought between 2011 and the end of 2014 in an attempt to kick-start the post-recession market.

Higgins did not respond to inquiries. Responding to a previous question about the purchase of the house, a spokesman for the president said it had been bought as “a future family home”.

A neighbour, who did not want to give his name, said he felt sorry for the residents because it would be difficult for them to find alternative accommodation but he said he hoped the house would be bought by an owner-occupier.

By selling the house between now and August 2021, the Higginses will benefit from full CGT exemption. Houses bought between December 2011 and the end of 2014, and not sold until this year, do not have to pay any CGT. Those sold between four and seven years after they were purchased get full CGT exemption, while those sold after seven years get partial relief. This means the Higginses will not have to pay any tax on profit from the house if it sells for more than its €370,000 purchase price before August 2021.

Higgins, who is paid €250,000 a year in his role as president, did not attend the auction and his identity as the owner of the house emerged only after searches of the land registry by The Sunday Times.

Higgins and his wife have retained their long-term family home — Aimhirgin, in Letteragh, Rahoon, Co Galway — since moving into Aras an Uachtarain in 2011. A two-bedroom apartment in Grattan Hall in Dublin city centre, which Higgins used as a Dublin base during his years as a TD and senator, is currently being used by his daughter, the senator Alice Mary Higgins.

bmc58

StackSteevens wrote: »

Extract:-

The tenants of a Galway property owned by President Michael D Higgins have been told to move out because the house is being put on the market.

Higgins and his wife Sabina will benefit from an enhanced tax break by selling the house within seven years of its purchase. The president has previously been a critic of property speculators.

During last year’s presidential election campaign, he also backed calls by homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry for a three-year moratorium on evictions.

At the start of the summer the house’s tenants, all students in NUI Galway, were given until the end of September to quit the property, on Sylvan Road in Newcastle, minutes from the college campus. A number of those living in the six-bedroom house are foreign students. When some of the residents said they had been unable to find alternative accommodation over the summer, Higgins’s solicitor told them the deadline for quitting the property was being extended until the end of December but that the house would then be going on the market.

Some of the students are understood to have consulted Threshold, the housing agency, about their rights.

By selling the house between now and the end of 2021, the Higginses will benefit from a full capital gains tax (CGT) exemption which was introduced for properties bought between 2011 and the end of 2014 in an attempt to kick-start the post-recession market.

Higgins did not respond to inquiries. Responding to a previous question about the purchase of the house, a spokesman for the president said it had been bought as “a future family home”.

A neighbour, who did not want to give his name, said he felt sorry for the residents because it would be difficult for them to find alternative accommodation but he said he hoped the house would be bought by an owner-occupier.

By selling the house between now and August 2021, the Higginses will benefit from full CGT exemption. Houses bought between December 2011 and the end of 2014, and not sold until this year, do not have to pay any CGT. Those sold between four and seven years after they were purchased get full CGT exemption, while those sold after seven years get partial relief. This means the Higginses will not have to pay any tax on profit from the house if it sells for more than its €370,000 purchase price before August 2021.

Higgins, who is paid €250,000 a year in his role as president, did not attend the auction and his identity as the owner of the house emerged only after searches of the land registry by The Sunday Times.

Higgins and his wife have retained their long-term family home — Aimhirgin, in Letteragh, Rahoon, Co Galway — since moving into Aras an Uachtarain in 2011. A two-bedroom apartment in Grattan Hall in Dublin city centre, which Higgins used as a Dublin base during his years as a TD and senator, is currently being used by his daughter, the senator Alice Mary Higgins.

I texed a couple of radio shows yesterday about this.No reply!! Media very quiet on this subject.I am not surprised.

Edgware

bmc58 wrote: »

I texed a couple of radio shows yesterday about this.No reply!! Media very quiet on this subject.I am not surprised.

Did you ask previously potential Presidential candidate Gemma for a quote?

suicide_circus

Edgware wrote: »

Did you ask previously potential Presidential candidate Gemma for a quote?

Whatabout Gemma?

I know he's a beloved figure but if MDH is caught out in a little mild hypocrisy (what politician hasnt been?) then he can legitimately be called out.

enricoh

No doubt tubs will have him on the late late soon enough.
He can pontificate away uninterrupted to his hearts content about the evils of capitalism, big business etc. I can't wait Mickey d , throw in a bit of poetry and a few big words and tubs will be fawning!

Topgear on Dave

bmc58 wrote: »

I texed a couple of radio shows yesterday about this.No reply!! Media very quiet on this subject.I am not surprised.

The guy is teflon :pac::pac::pac:

He must have bunged a lot of cash in the right direction when he was minister for arts, culture & the gaeltacht. TnaG etc etc

He has an online fan club on twitter that is quite something to behold.

StackSteevens

Topgear on Dave wrote: »

The guy is teflon :pac::pac::pac:

He must have bunged a lot of cash in the right direction when he was minister for arts, culture & the gaeltacht. TnaG etc etc

He has an online fan club on twitter that is quite something to behold.

Fortunately for Mickey Dee, among the few things that weren't affected by the Covid Pandemic were the availability of uncritical drool, witless adulation and large quantities of luvvie slobber.

The man - together with his permanantly attached wife - are living saints, and we, the humble taxpayers of Ireland, are truly fortunate to be allowed to pay for his salary, his pensions, his accommodation, his unvouched Presidential slush fund sorry - unvouched 'special' fund and his worldwide VIP travelling expenses. Not to mention his two dogs!

In return, he indulges in a bit of sneaky tax avoidance which, but for the vigilance of the Irish edition of the London Times, he would have got away with without anyone being the wiser.

What a pompous, hypocritical little fraudster he is. 🤮

ohnonotgmail

mrslancaster wrote: »

sorry, didn't see the bit that said they had a lease for a year and it was terminated in advance. Didn't think that was allowed. Thought it was only ok to give notice to terminate for a specific reason like selling.

StackSteevens wrote: »

This link is to that part of the story:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/students-told-to-leave-so-president-higgins-can-sell-house-w9vq8gss0

(if it's behind a paywall, let me know and I'll post an excerpt.)

StackSteevens wrote: »

Extract:-

The tenants of a Galway property owned by President Michael D Higgins have been told to move out because the house is being put on the market.

Higgins and his wife Sabina will benefit from an enhanced tax break by selling the house within seven years of its purchase. The president has previously been a critic of property speculators.

During last year’s presidential election campaign, he also backed calls by homelessness campaigner Fr Peter McVerry for a three-year moratorium on evictions.

At the start of the summer the house’s tenants, all students in NUI Galway, were given until the end of September to quit the property, on Sylvan Road in Newcastle, minutes from the college campus. A number of those living in the six-bedroom house are foreign students. When some of the residents said they had been unable to find alternative accommodation over the summer, Higgins’s solicitor told them the deadline for quitting the property was being extended until the end of December but that the house would then be going on the market.

Some of the students are understood to have consulted Threshold, the housing agency, about their rights.

By selling the house between now and the end of 2021, the Higginses will benefit from a full capital gains tax (CGT) exemption which was introduced for properties bought between 2011 and the end of 2014 in an attempt to kick-start the post-recession market.

Higgins did not respond to inquiries. Responding to a previous question about the purchase of the house, a spokesman for the president said it had been bought as “a future family home”.

A neighbour, who did not want to give his name, said he felt sorry for the residents because it would be difficult for them to find alternative accommodation but he said he hoped the house would be bought by an owner-occupier.

By selling the house between now and August 2021, the Higginses will benefit from full CGT exemption. Houses bought between December 2011 and the end of 2014, and not sold until this year, do not have to pay any CGT. Those sold between four and seven years after they were purchased get full CGT exemption, while those sold after seven years get partial relief. This means the Higginses will not have to pay any tax on profit from the house if it sells for more than its €370,000 purchase price before August 2021.

Higgins, who is paid €250,000 a year in his role as president, did not attend the auction and his identity as the owner of the house emerged only after searches of the land registry by The Sunday Times.

Higgins and his wife have retained their long-term family home — Aimhirgin, in Letteragh, Rahoon, Co Galway — since moving into Aras an Uachtarain in 2011. A two-bedroom apartment in Grattan Hall in Dublin city centre, which Higgins used as a Dublin base during his years as a TD and senator, is currently being used by his daughter, the senator Alice Mary Higgins.

can you clarify where it says they had a 1 year lease?

Allinall

StackSteevens wrote: »

Fortunately for Mickey Dee, among the few things that weren't affected by the Covid Pandemic were the availability of uncritical drool, witless adulation and large quantities of luvvie slobber.

The man - together with his permanantly attached wife - are living saints, and we, the humble taxpayers of Ireland, are truly fortunate to be allowed to pay for his salary, his pensions, his accommodation, his unvouched Presidential slush fund sorry - unvouched 'special' fund and his worldwide VIP travelling expenses. Not to mention his two dogs!

In return, he indulges in a bit of sneaky tax avoidance which, but for the vigilance of the Irish edition of the London Times, he would have got away with without anyone being the wiser.

What a pompous, hypocritical little fraudster he is. ��

Fraudster, eh?

Who has he defrauded?

ohnonotgmail

Allinall wrote: »

Fraudster, eh?

Who has he defrauded?

apparently taking part in a government approved tax scheme is fraud now. who knew.

Fuascailteoir

Would be quite a mess for him if the current occupants stopped paying rent and then had to go down a forceful eviction route.

StackSteevens

Allinall wrote: »

Fraudster, eh?

Who has he defrauded?

Used as a synonym for hypocrite.

But feel free to pick your own adjective; and remember to take care not to slobber on the keyboard

Allinall

StackSteevens wrote: »

Used as a synonym for hypocrite.

But feel free to pick your own adjective; and remember to take care not to slobber on the keyboard

Bloody hell! You need to learn the meaning of synonym.

That's akin to saying he's doing a brutal job as Taoiseach, even though he's the president.

P.S. "Fraudster" is a noun.

Jimmy Garlic

Higgins is a cringey embarrassment, a total hypocrite and a parody of himself. Leprechauns do exist.

Gregor Samsa

Allinall wrote: »

Fraudster, eh? Who has he defrauded?

StackSteevens wrote: »

Used as a synonym for hypocrite.

He's an electric toothbrush* who ate* a lawnmower*, and took advantage of a spoon*. There's nothing carbonated* about that!


*I too am using these words as random and incorrect synonyms.

He’s not practicing what he likes to preach that’s for sure.

Someone tell me what’s the purpose of a president again?

ohnonotgmail

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

He’s not practicing what he likes to preach that’s for sure.

Someone tell me what’s the purpose of a president again?

not that hard to find

https://president.ie/en/the-president/constitutional-role

The President's powers include:

Appointment of the Taoiseach, members of the Government, judges and other officials;
Summoning and dissolving the Dáil, and convening the Oireachtas;
Signing legislation into law and/or referring Bills to the Supreme Court;
Representing the people of Ireland;
Acting as Supreme Commander of the Defence Forces.

So he’s just like the Queen of England.

Strawberry Milkshake

Strawberry Milkshake wrote: »

So he’s just like the Queen of England.

Fixed that for you.

James Brown

The only thread were it begins and ends with the title.

The idea that people who push for fairness and equality should take a vow of poverty or be labeled hypocrites is nonsense.

suicide_circus

he ended a student tenancy so he could sell one of his houses and pay the minimum amount of tax possible. all while on 250k per annum plus his ministers pension. all good sound legal capitalism.

Dank Janniels

blanch152 wrote: »

He has a driver?

Yea coz his feet cant reach the pedals!

bmc58

Jimmy Garlic wrote: »

Higgins is a cringey embarrassment, a total hypocrite and a parody of himself. Leprechauns do exist.

I am amazed there's not a word of these using of housing loopholes by our "socialist" President.Where is the media in this newsworthy article?

StackSteevens

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

He's an electric toothbrush* who ate* a lawnmower*, and took advantage of a spoon*. There's nothing carbonated* about that!


*I too am using these words as random and incorrect synonyms.

Don't give up the day job, as your ponderous attempt at being witty is about as impressive as Mickey Dee's socialism.

Evidently, your limited vocabulary restricted your ability to understand the beauty of synonyms and the extensive range of alternatives available to the educated writer.

So here's a comprehensive list of synonyms - and don't be afraid to PM me if you want any of the words explained. I'd hate you to remain ignorant when you can be improved so easily.


actor
beguiler
bluffer
charlatan
cheat
con artist
deceiver
empiric
fake
faker
four-flusher
fraud
hypocrite
imitator
impersonator
masquerader
mimic
mocker
mountebank
pettifogger
phony
pretender
pseudo
quack
scorner
sham
sharper
shyster
trickster

Topgear on Dave

bmc58 wrote: »

I am amazed there's not a word of these using of housing loopholes by our "socialist" President.Where is the media in this newsworthy article?

Iv no idea.

But if Peter Casey had won the election and done the same tax wheeze, we would never have heard the end of it.