Simon Harris, the TikTok Taoiseach

Don't know what this has got to do with the thread or even the apartments but you rock on ;)

You are stretching the bounds of belief here!

You take the DART and let the doctor drive to work...

The state of zen is thus restored to the Howth peninsula.

No it didn't find that at all. See the sections in bold. First off it "suggest" and doesn't "find" as you claim.

The paragraph in bold is the critical part.

From the conclusion:

"The results suggest that institutional landlords increase monthly rents by around 4.1 percentage points more than other
landlords. "
"Overall, the data and results of the paper suggest that institutional investment in existing stock
in Ireland has had a modest direct impact on Ireland’s rental market up to 2019. While the
additional increase in rent over other landlords are non-negligible, the existing properties they
have purchased constitute a small portion of the total rental stock."

"Furthermore, available data
suggests that this observed increase is likely not solely due to bargaining power, but also
differences in landlords preferences (i.e. nominal rigidity) and the provision of higher quality
rental services (i.e. expenditure on improving properties). This makes it difficult to draw a firm
conclusion about what impact this investment has on consumer welfare, and the premium may
dissipate over the medium term. Their indirect impact may be more extensive, but its presence
is uncertain, and its impact is smaller.
This paper also leaves open future opportunities for investigation. Further investigation of the
mechanism underpinning institutional landlords charging a premium would allow us to better
understand the welfare implications of this kind of investment"

An excellent example of someone taking a report and twisting the finding's to suit their narrative.

I didn't read the entire report, but from the conclusion it doesn't provide what you suggest. No shock on that to be honest. It also calls for further information. When I seen you tagged me I knew it would turn out to be bullsh*t, quelle surprise.

FG demonstrating just how out of touch and self-serving they are once again:

https://www.independent.ie/news/fine-gael-fears-demotion-of-helen-mcentee-from-justice-ministry-could-feed-far-right/a670217297.html

However, party sources say there is also concern that moving Ms McEntee could be seen as bowing to a far-right narrative that has made the Justice ­Minister a target for anti-immigration protesters.

Fine Gael previously hit out at Sinn Féin for tabling a motion of no confidence in Ms McEntee in the aftermath of the Dublin riots in November. Moving her out of the portfolio a few months later could be viewed as giving in to Sinn Féin demands.

Obsessing with the notional "far right" and not "giving in" to SF - as opposed to recognising that McEntee has failed in every aspect of the role (crime, immigration etc) and that her obsession with her "hate speech" bill is doing her and the Government more damage.

Next time read the document would be the advice, or at least the conclusion which I did and gave a totally different opinion to what you claimed the report did

In many ways it's better to leave McEntee there floundering until the next GE. The electorate will decide where she goes. What they do with the Hate Speech bill will be interesting. I suspect they will let it sit on the shelf alongside all the reform bills.

They won't be sold but will be up for rent with €2000 a month the minimum price for a one bed with parking extra. Not sure how many can afford that.

Massively high ..but I know people already paying that much in less desirable locations.

Those that can afford will and it will free up somewhere else for someone.

The Supreme Leader of Ireland has shuffled the deck chairs of power and decided that Helen McEmptystare will remain in the Justice chair…

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/helen-mcentee-expected-to-remain-justice-minister-but-simon-harris-has-to-make-a-call-between-two-others-in-reshuffle/a234128390.html

Yeap, no surprise to see that Harris doesn't have the courage to bring in real change and save his own party's fortunes by getting rid of an unpopular minister…

Pitter, patter - talk of a salesman, that's our new leader. Here to sell us another new version of FG.

But we all recognise a salesman.

Well according to a source in the indo Harris is 'wary' of McEntee. So is it a case keep your enemies close… who knows. It beggars belief she has managed to last the gig.

There is literally no politician anywhere in Western democracy who isn't performing for their "clapping seals" to some extent, it's only the number of seals that differs. For every politician who talks about 'peoplekind' for some clapping seals on the Left, there is another finding every wrong every foreigner has ever committed for some clapping seals on the Right.

Maintenance of core support at an ideological level is the nucleus of any political career. The more difficult part is how you then build the consensus required to draw in votes from a broader range of people. Mainstream parties, tend to be those who actually develop policies that are capable of reaching beyond their ideological core in a way which involves compromise, frustration of certain ideological principles — but also a more representative political structure.

That's part of the reason why the Right in Ireland remain disjointed, disorganised and unpopular. Compromise and the frustration of ideological principles are the very things they balk at — so they almost automatically isolate themselves, even from each other when one person or group on the Right inevitably fails the patriotic, anti-woke purity test of another. Sometimes it might be worth asking yourself if it's their politics which are broken, and not the politics of the State generally.

They were spooked by the shadow of the Far Right Bogeyman…. ;)

They will have that company, probably one of Dennis O'Brien's bring in the massive steel barriers to block off the streets around Leinster house, as well as dozens of additional Gardai brought in on overtime and from all over the country with the public order unit and the ARU surrounding the Kildare street/Merrion square area…

And for what? Absolutely Nothing!