"Green" policies are destroying this country

This is quite an interesting proposition. Might work well here in Ireland and would motivate landlords of crappy properties to complete upgrades if they want to be able to continue to charge market rents

https://twitter.com/CiaranCuffe/status/1676178248441503744?s=20

Tenzor07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803551#Comment_120803551

To do that they'd have to ban private cars to make space for the Bus lanes... not a bad idea!

More details emerging on the new govt supports for small (7kw+) to medium solar installations. Grants from 2,700 to 162,500 will be available for businesses and organizations

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/solar-scheme-to-offer-160000-grants-to-generate-rooftop-power/a715289561.html

roosterman71

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803524#Comment_120803524

I'd agree but we as a race can overcome things nature didn't expect! Perhaps then we need a ban on sales of fruit/veg outside of harvest season. That would be right up the Greens street as they love a good ban

marno21

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803628#Comment_120803628

Rental properties being taken out of the market en masse? Ah sure why don’t we bring in more regulations and make the market even more difficult.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804232#Comment_120804232

You don't think renters should have better quality accommodation that costs less to heat in the winter?

Opps, Barryroe have let slip they knew they couldn't comply with the “investment cover criterion” in their application

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/07/04/barryroe-disputes-that-ryans-officials-engaged-extensively-on-oil-field/

The circular stated that BOE responded in August 2021 to an information request from the department the previous month. Its response acknowledged that, as an early-stage explorer, it had limited “tangible” net assets and that it would not expect to meet the 3½ times investment cover guideline, even once funding was raised for the work.

You'd have to wonder why they seem so shocked when the application was refused when they pointed out to the dept themselves that they couldn't meet the requirements

This doesn't bode well for the Landsdowne challenge

marno21

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804299#Comment_120804299

I think renters would prefer a roof over their heads than no roof at all.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804351#Comment_120804351

"you'll take what you're given and be thankful"

Pa ElGrande

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803628#Comment_120803628

Eamon Ryan pushed a law in 2008 that did not take effect until 2013. Combined with the revenue officers tapping their rainy day fund, the councils blitzed the bedsits and slumlords, as a consequence poor men and people of lower socioeconomic standing got turfed on the street. Negative interest rates and general economic downturn after the Celtic tiger crash, meant the vulture funds entered the game and most of these premises were done up to comply with the regulations, at a price. The vulture funds are not charities, they are looking for yield and poor men don't have that money to spend on accommodation. The result: Homelessness in Ireland hits record peak of more than 11,700

We can't blame it all on Eamon Ryan, however law of unintended consequences, by taking substandard accommodation off the market, he improved the operating margins for landlords who could meet the new specifications, and today there are more people to house and each housing unit costs the councils and ultimately taxpayer much more.

Perhaps, when he gets time after his flight Mr. Cuffe will brief you on Brussels tents.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyO6lVhmrVM

The CIE group of companies claim they are fully committed to the Climate Action Plan and the requirements laid out in it for PT

https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2023/0703/1392409-cie-sustainability-annual-review/

By 2030 they want to increase PT usage by 130% and cut emissions by 51%. To do this they are transitioning to greener transport options e.g. 185 new electric Dart carriages have been orders, with a target of 750.

120 new EV double deckers have been ordered out of a planned 800 for Dublin.

Looks like its working too

The transport company said its CO2 emissions per passenger journey fell to 1.17 last year, down from 1.94 in 2021

opinionated3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803474#Comment_120803474

Limerick city has been ruined by cycle lanes.

Tenzor07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804562#Comment_120804562

Not sure you can blame the cycle lanes on that.. however I looked on Google maps and can't see any?

ednwireland

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803628#Comment_120803628

cuffe was definitely on a different plant on claire byrne. thought you could do a loft for 500 euro. the ber alone will cost 2-300. he said you do small things but forgot the cost of the ber every time you add something.

having upgraded a 70s bungalow from g to c1 the phrase you should try it sometime springs to mind.

and that doesn't take in the yearly maintenance you have to do on the building anyway.

I suspect a rent freeze like would just take those buildings off the market when the current tenants leave.

PommieBast

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120803638#Comment_120803638

Not in this case as pre-Covid it was two lanes for general vehicles. They took out all the parking spaces to make way for more sections of cycle lane, but there is this silly situation where the cycle lanes alternate between left-hand and right-hand side. It was blatant virtue-signalling towards the cycle lobby rather than a proper opportunity to sort out public transport.

WishUWereHere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804562#Comment_120804562

Newbridge too

roosterman71

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804558#Comment_120804558

You forgot to mention that the 100 or so brand new electric buses that were bought which are sitting idle due to the infrastructure required to charge them not being in place.

https://www.businesspost.ie/news/over-100-new-electric-buses-to-sit-idle-in-dublin-until-year-end-due-to-undersupply-of-charging-infr/

However, the Business Post has learned that the contractor employed by Dublin Bus to install the chargers has been able to get planning consent in time for the project, and so the charging infrastructure will not be ready until the autumn or winter.

Planning delay! Hahahaha. Christ almighty. One hand doesn't have a notion, not what the other hand is at, but what it's own fingers are doing. Climate emergency my arse. And there's a Green TD in the constituency too.

opinionated3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804790#Comment_120804790

Plenty of them. Ennis road, the coonagh road to Shannon bridge etc. Certainly makes it a lot more time consuming for motorists to get near the city centre for shopping. As a result, consumers are going elsewhere. Hence the city centre is dying a death, William Street and cruises Street are kips. Only the likes of brown Thomas of tony Connolly menswear making a trip into town worthwhile. Of course there are numerous factors for all this, but green policies are certainly not helping. I believe it's part of their "living cities" policy. But it's crap, Just pie in the sky rubbish.

charlie14

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804317#Comment_120804317

Actually it more than likely strengthens their case if the newspaper article is correct on that 3.5 being at Ryan`s discretion. Even if it is incorrect, him keeping them on the hook fulfilling funding demands during the close to two years after he was informed ,still does not does not look good for him.

If you take off the green glasses, then there is nothing "let slip". It was fully intentional, and a bit of a sticky spot for Ryan to attempt to explain away under the Energy Charter Treaty Agreement.

But I have a feeling you know this, and your present fixation with Barryroe is just bluster with the realisation that Ryan`s vindictiveness is looking like costing the state anything up to and beyond €1 Billion euro.

Tenzor07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804886#Comment_120804886

Cycle path needs to be extended down to the Tom Clarke bridge, it's unfinished, swaps sides... dangerous down by Eden Quay

Tenzor07

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120805140#Comment_120805140

Sending a lot of private car traffic into small town centres isn't sustainable or efficient.. makes it very noisy and polluted for residents, too much land given to parking...

WishUWereHere

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120805126#Comment_120805126

Serious? No infrastructure to charge the busses? What a joke!!!

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120805126#Comment_120805126

Cheers for that link, has some useful info

The electric buses are part of the NTA’s plans to transition urban bus services to zero-emission bus fleet. The intention is that new zero-battery-electric buses will replace the older diesel-powered fleet on an incremental basis, as the latter buses reach the end of their efficient operational life, which is generally about 12 years.

Dublin is to be the first location where that fleet transition will start, and by 2032 it is intended that 85 per cent of the Dublin fleet will be zero-emission with the remaining 15 per cent being low-emission hybrid diesel-electric vehicles. By 2035 these hybrid diesel-electric vehicles will also have been phased out and the fleet will be fully zero-emission.

So a 100% EV fleet by 2035 for Dublin, cool

tom1ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804558#Comment_120804558

Cool.

Remind me how many new tram lines you reckon were delivered last year 🤦‍♂️

tom1ie

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120805599#Comment_120805599

(fingers in ears) la la la la la.

The poster is pointing out the lack of joined up thinking.

Great- 100 new EV busses.

Not great- no way to charge the busses.

ABP and planning in general has this country absolutely fcuked.

We should be looking to get important infrastructure planning decisions made in a matter of a few weeks not years as in the case of metro link, dart + projects bus connects etc.

charlie14

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120805673#Comment_120805673

If I was ABP with greens running to the courts contesting any decision they do not like and a government minister mouthing off attempting to put in the fix to get the decision he wants I wouldn`t be too arsed either in speeding up decisions on planning applications.

opinionated3

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120805319#Comment_120805319

I'm sure the dying shops in Limerick city centre would appreciate a return to the trade they had back before all this nonsense...

Larbre34

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120805008#Comment_120805008

Dun Laoghaire and Blackrock too.

Only town with any sense to fight the madness has been Galway.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120806104#Comment_120806104

You haven't been keeping up with the latest changes

Galway is working through the car obsession and slowly coming around.

• The new Salmon Weir pedestrian & cycling bridge just opened
• 2 more walking/cycling bridges on the way (Clifden Railway & Gaol rd bridges)
• Ballybane Rd Dutch style bike lanes and junctions
• Castlepark Rd Dutch style bike lanes and junctions
• Bus Connects Dublin Rd protected bike lanes from the Hunstman to the Galway clinic
• Cross city link removing a load car access through the city center
• Eglinton Canal active travel scheme
• Millars Lane upgrade
• etc etc etc with a lot more to come once the new GMATS is released

Thats not even looking at the extensive works they've done to improve the situation for pedestrians over the last 3 years through a load of permeability measures and pedestrian prioritization measures

100% Galway has been obsessed with the car for the longest time, but like many other places, its finally dawned on councillors and the council that things need to change.

The only downside is new junctions changing the RAB's were done before they finally saw the light, so we'll be stuck with the lack of segregation at those junctions for decades until they see fit to spend the necessary amount to rejig them.

GCC have a long way to go and I'll be the first to throw mud at them for the slow progress on a lot of things, but "the fight" as you call it is coming to an end.

ps200306

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/120804317#Comment_120804317

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2023/07/04/barryroe-disputes-that-ryans-officials-engaged-extensively-on-oil-field/

The circular stated that BOE responded in August 2021 to an information request from the department the previous month. Its response acknowledged that, as an early-stage explorer, it had limited “tangible” net assets and that it would not expect to meet the 3½ times investment cover guideline, even once funding was raised for the work.

Opps, Barryroe have let slip they knew they couldn't comply with the “investment cover criterion” in their application. You'd have to wonder why they seem so shocked when the application was refused when they pointed out to the dept themselves that they couldn't meet the requirements

This doesn't bode well for the Landsdowne challenge

Why are you saying they couldn't meet the requirements when the article you quote refers to a guideline? Have you read the guidelines? They refer to several alternative types of arrangements which Barryoe did meet. Barryroe's statement that they would not expect to meet the investment cover guideline means that they never expected to have to meet it. It's never been used in assessing a small explorer before (especially since it was only introduced in 2019, years after various work programs had already been planned and executed). If you knew how small explorers operate you would know that too. They raise money for planned expenditure as needed from the markets or via farmouts and partnerships. The idea they would ever have 3.5 times the planned expenditure in tangible assets is ludicrous. Only the feeble minded could believe that Ryan acted evenhandedly here.

I notice you ignored the bit of the article (in fact, the headline) where Ryan's department LIED about "engaging extensively over several years" on the application. The alternative is that Barryroe would have to have lied to its shareholders (a criminal offence) had any such engagement taken place. However, I know for a fact that they didn't as there are multiple freedom of information requests to the department itself showing that it did not engage as claimed. Instead it snubbed Barryroe for two years before clobbering them with an instant demand for finance, and when that demand was met it turned the application down anyway.

Ryan should quit trying to play 5D chess -- he's not very good at it and he's not going to look clever if he brings a billion euro lawsuit on the government.