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guestposter - 09:32 Fri Dec 12, 2025 There’s been a certain framing in the media and political spheres around the Government’s rent reforms. Take this from RTÉ: The Government’s rental reforms have been dealt an early blow by news this week of an exodus of small landlords. There has been a 35% increase in eviction notices issued to tenants in the third … Continue reading "Those rent reforms"
WorldbyStorm - 11:29 Thu Dec 11, 2025 Entertaining take by Fionnán Sheahan in the Sunday Independent this weekend on foot of terrible poll ratings for Fine Gael. There they are mired at 17% and their leader having taken on the role of Minister of Finance is deeply unpopular. His decision to reposition himself there is met with this response in polling: Today?s … Continue reading "He’s not wrong"
guestposter - 10:54 Thu Dec 11, 2025 The December Socialist Voice is now available online: https://socialistvoice.ie/category/article/l... Ireland?s Surplus, NATO?s Narrative, and the Politics of Manufactured Obligation Eoghan O’Neill Ireland?s projected budget surpluses for 2025 and 2026??10.2 billion and ?5.1 billion?havesparked renewed calls from the political and media establishment for deeper militaryintegration with Europe. The Financial Times, in a recent piece labelling Ireland ?the weaklink … Continue reading "Socialist Voice: December edition"
WorldbyStorm - 08:49 Thu Dec 11, 2025 On one level one has to wonder at the geniuses in Washington who think that saying to Europeans that their societies are ‘decaying’ or whatever is a clever move. The problem being not simply the hyperbole about them being swamped by migration, but also that Trump is deeply unpopular in Europe, and not only on … Continue reading "Making enemies and not influencing people"
WorldbyStorm - 10:18 Wed Dec 10, 2025 William Keegan had a piece in the Observer the other weekend (and yes, that publication continues on its way though a paywall is now being instituted) about the problems facing Rachel Reeves. He long argued that the ‘iron-clad’ rule not to raise taxation was absurdly constraining. And note what he says here: The present and … Continue reading "Taxing times"
WorldbyStorm - 10:16 Wed Dec 10, 2025 A snippet in the Independent this week: Only 75,000 households in Ireland, out of a total of 1.9 million, can be classified as truly ?wealthy?, according to a new estimate by Davy. And what defines “wealthy”? The stockbroking firm has defined ?wealthy? as having surplus assets worth comfortably in excess of ?1m, excluding property and … Continue reading "The ‘truly “wealthy”‘ are not like us…"
guestposter - 06:29 Wed Dec 10, 2025 As always, following on Dr. X?s suggestion, it?s all yours, ?announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose?, feel free. |