"Green" policies are destroying this country

What an arrogant response. So are the squeezed middle class ( if which I’m one ) never to have a holiday just to satisfy the greenies with their twisted agenda?

Plenty on the social go on holiday abroad. So to get both a holiday abroad and free loft insulation you need to go on the social rather than earn an average salary?

First when you are poor, by that I mean being unable to cope with life, mainstream society does not care about you, this is universal. In order to stop you as a poor person bothering mainstream society we have social services to hide the welfare class from our view. For landlords operating at the low end of the market, there really is no scope for increased rental yield, so to make money in that end of the market you have to control costs, that means neglecting maintenance as long as possible and cutting corners.

The tenants renting these places are there to be exploited, their only other choice is the street, all involved know this and use it to their advantage. When the slumlords went, their tenants got put on the street, the poorest really had no place to go, they still don't. Maybe if you have time and things are quiet, you might strike up a conversion with one of these men when they are looking for money. It'll cost you a few quid, but if it's quiet and there is no one else around for them to hawk for money, they'll tell you how they scrape by once you get past their béal bócht sob story.

It's a question of priorities, just don't spend to much energy on whinging about heating costs if your prioritize a holiday abroad over insulating your house.

It your choice I ain't bending your arm. As I said just don't complain about your comfort or heating if you choose the holiday.

Here's a clue as to where I stand, I chose the insulation and did it myself out of my own pocket. I ain't whinging about been hard done by and I guarantee I have less disposable income than you do.

lol, I’m beginning to think these 2 greenies are one and the same person.

Both are certainly very presumptuous and dictatorial.

The whole "buy a new EV instead of driving what you have" boils my piss. Firstly, buying a new car cost serious cash these days and it makes no sense for a huge amount of people to change from a functioning car (whatever type it is) to a new EV.

Secondly, the EV being cheaper to run is also horseshit as the upfront cost in many cases is much higher. I'd a look on Volkswagon there and the cheapest Golf is from €32,595 while the cheapest equivalent EV, the ID.3 is from €42,965. That's over 10k in the difference. I'll be told now the tax is cheaper, but by ~€100 a year. A long time to make that up. Running costs will of course be less, how long will it take to make up ~10k in the difference?

Yes, was amazed to fiscover that the new 3008 will start at 40k for ICE and 50k for the BEV, in France, more subsidies will be needed, but 50k for a 3008 (even 40k) is insane

The quickest way to fix the rental market would be to start with reducing demand. Net migration into Ireland is heaping pressure on the availability and cost of housing and thus rents, not to mention increased pressure on education, healthcare and welfare provisions.

Thats long before the environmental costs of migration into Ireland = more cars, increased traffic, more C02 emissions, more electricity generation, more pollution as sewerage systems are not able to cope, more demand on water services, increased tonnage going to landfill, increased demand for food, increased air travel as many new arrivals jet home to visit friends and family... and so on.

It bewilders me how any genuine greenie can champion open borders but yet castigate the natives for having the audacity to hit out to Spain for a week to escape a crappy wet Irish Summer.

Just came across another country as deluded as Ireland. Australia's plans for net zero by 2050 don't stack up. They have something like 55 GW of generating capacity right now. They plan to build 60 GW of utility solar, and 60 GW of rooftop solar. They'll generate hydrogen for storage and build a new pumped hydro facility called Snowy 2.0. Then, incredibly, they're going to have 45 GW of residential Tesla Powerwalls and EV batteries hooked up to the grid in a V2G system.

A recent review of their plans noted that they had forgotten to cost the huge amount of new transmission that they're going to need. People are enthusiastically installing rooftop solar, but the return on investment is reducing as the utilities have to charge more for power to service customers who only use electricity at peak times, and get feed-in tariffs for producing lots of solar power when it's not needed. Nobody is sure if the V2G will work so that people's car batteries are charged when they need them, but are still available to buffer the grid at peak times.

Sounds like another case of pure hopium.

I wonder where they are going to get all minerals needed for that solar and battery storage. Probably opening couple hundred more mines in some countries out of sight. Sure, as long as they stay somewhere in Africa we are golden and can congratulate ourselves for our valiant efforts in saving the planet for future generations. Someone think about the children!

Meanwhile, constantly leaking carcinogenic harmfull lubrication oils from all those beautifull windmills are blowing across our land and seas. But hey, as long as useless eaters cant see it they should shut up and enjoy daily dose of micro cancer particles spray.