As far as I have gone to know what side I'm on, but now I'm not so sure, the line begins to blur. Views and tweets my own
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Jonathan Hanley retweeted
Day 12
The Irish Times has branded me a business failure to the nation.
Just because I couldn’t sustain paying 23% VAT in a diesel crisis etc.
This is the same Irish Times who lobbied the Govt relentlessly to reduce their own VAT rate from 9% to 0% in 2022.
They hailed it as an “end to tax on information”
But not only do they no longer pay VAT….
the Irish Times Group has been paid €2.5million+ by Coimisiún na Meán since 2024 ! !
Lucky ducks !
Yet, despite all these resources, they have not been able to report the latest Dublin Social Housing statistics…
like the failed business-man, pay his VAT.
Delehanty said a VAT bill of €16,000 every two months “should be my profit,” and that keeping even half of it would have let his company double in size:
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Jonathan Hanley retweeted
Late singer-songwriter Johnny Duhan to be remembered in Limerick limerickleader.ie/news/opini…
By government support you mean a supply side subsidy to the energy companies @LeoVaradkar.
A good example of a misleading headline attached to an otherwise well written article - useful for any media studies class. Weak editor in situ. The facts:- Ireland's relatively lower taxes, levies and government supports mean electricity prices in Ireland are the 15th highest in the EU - that is about average.
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Jonathan Hanley retweeted
Dublin City Council spends more on hotel rooms & food (~€168M) than on actual building of social housing projects (~€145M) in Q1-Q3.
DCC is trapped in an upward spiral of subsidising private profiteers while perpetuating the homeless crisis because actual house-building is caught up in red tape and objections.
This is totally unsustainable. Also few realise the amount of leverage baked into the system too:
Most of these properties are heavily mortgaged, using Govt contracts as collateral. 🚩
The Govt. must know that if they pull the plug, there will be a cascade of defaults. But by not pulling the plug, the bubble gets bigger. Providers will borrow and buy more.
This entire scheme is driving out small landlords, increasing rents, hotel & property prices.
But worst of all..... its driving up taxes to pay for it.
@TFIupdates Hi TFI, almost a 40 minute gap between services between Dundrum and Blackrock station. @GoAheadIreland driver parked at stop but has clocked off and told the waiting passengers to wait for the next one. Could you please investigate?
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Jonathan Hanley retweeted
The apartment typologies and developments to come out of @JamesBrowneTD property policy will be a worldwide example of housing failure.
In the words of a known president… @fiannafailparty “don’t not know what the fuck they’re doing”.
#AssetUrbanism
Opposition parties have accused the government of failing to tackle soaring rents and house prices. Leading architects have also warned that plans to reduce apartment sizes could delay planning and hit supply.
More on #VMNews with @gavreilly
Jonathan Hanley retweeted
Do they seriously think people will buy this?
Government policy to increase housing & reduce rents is 'let's give them EVEN MORE profits by raising rents, and hopefully that means they'll invest more'.
It's unbelievable how brazenly this government is operating.
Looking for two tickets to RX Y at the 3olympia tonight please. Seating preferred. #ticketfairy
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This is what happens you let the private sector manage a public utility for profit and not institutional outcomes. #ThamesWaterInsideTheCrisis
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Why not take the building and the 1.2mil from JP and repurpose the museum into a cinema so the people in Corbally/Mungret and outer Burroughs don’t have to commute across town burning fuel to see the latest release @moranjohna1 @LimerickCouncil
BREAKING: Limerick's International Rugby Experience confirms its closure limerickleader.ie/news/home/…
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Jono’s canvassing experience in Dundrum village today from FF. long post coming #GE2024
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"I nearly fell off my chair!" - a review of #rteinvestigates and its beatification of Paul Collins, whose asylum accommodation in Kerry was said to be "worse than a refugee camp in Lebanon".
If he had excommunicated the congregation, he'd have no money in the church collection box #tonightvmtv
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What Neal Richmond means is the government has polled the public and sentiment is moving against the support measures #tonightvmtv
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Tonight’s VMTV panel, member of gov, paid NGO minion, and two paid off members of the Irish Press. Not seeing anyone actually representing the public.
#tonightvmtv
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One standing ticket to orbital @ vicar street tonight. Green and Brown album back to back #ticketfairy #Orbital and #vicarstreet
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