Comments on: Poor PDs http://www.irishelection.com/2006/11/poor-pds/ Coverage of Irish Politics, News and Current Affairs Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:38:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: mollie malone http://www.irishelection.com/2006/11/poor-pds/comment-page-1/#comment-4232 mollie malone Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:12:15 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/11/poor-pds/#comment-4232 ciaran parker so you say you made a massive mistake and you want our understanding about you joining the pds in the early days and then you ran. Everyone is allowed one mistake. But what about the other Fianna Failers that you ran from who happily sat with the pds for years and now you cant tell one from the other. I am sick of hearing that the economy is great. But if handstands and cartwheels have to be done by young adults to get on the first rung of the property ladder, something badly went amiss. And those in government are in the dock for skewing the market in favour of investors -that wasnt smart. According to primetime rte tv this week theres any number of "first time buyers" who arent first time buyers and are being caught by the revenue for dodging stamp duty. The weak and watery response about this scandal from Richard Bruton was pathetic. They are going to be caught for 25- 30 thousand euro each but of course their property has gone up in value many times. Why would anyone feel sorry for them ? Presumably some of these bought properties in their childrens names etc etc and they have been found out...... Why are there huge numbers of people on the motorways ? because they work in Dublin and live in the surrounding counties. Why do they not live in Dublin ? because houses are cheaper out in the sticks. Why do they not buy apartments in Dublin instead ? because you cant raise children in apartments - or dogboxes as we call them When did this all start ? Eight years ago this government published the higher densities guidelines which was a charter to build apartments and that was dublin spoken for. Who are the best friends of developers .........dont all shout together....... if the pd types hadnt left the fianna fail party all those years ago, we would still have the same story look at charlie mc creevy he was a pd but he stayed put and went straight to the top ciaran parker
so you say you made a massive mistake and you want our understanding about you joining the pds in the early days and then you ran. Everyone is allowed one mistake.
But what about the other Fianna Failers that you ran from who happily sat with the pds for years and now you cant tell one from the other.

I am sick of hearing that the economy is great.
But if handstands and cartwheels have to be done by young adults to get on the first rung of the property ladder, something badly went amiss.
And those in government are in the dock for skewing the market in favour of investors -that wasnt smart.
According to primetime rte tv this week theres any number of “first time buyers” who arent first time buyers and are being caught by the revenue for dodging stamp duty. The weak and watery response about this scandal from Richard Bruton was pathetic.
They are going to be caught for 25- 30 thousand euro each but of course their property has gone up in value many times.
Why would anyone feel sorry for them ?
Presumably some of these bought properties in their childrens names etc etc and they have been found out……
Why are there huge numbers of people on the motorways ? because they work in Dublin and live in the surrounding counties.
Why do they not live in Dublin ? because houses are cheaper out in the sticks.
Why do they not buy apartments in Dublin instead ? because you cant raise children in apartments – or dogboxes as we call them
When did this all start ?
Eight years ago this government published the higher densities guidelines which was a charter to build apartments and that was dublin spoken for.
Who are the best friends of developers ………dont all shout together…….

if the pd types hadnt left the fianna fail party all those years ago, we would still have the same story look at charlie mc creevy he was a pd but he stayed put and went straight to the top

]]> By: Daniel Sullivan http://www.irishelection.com/2006/11/poor-pds/comment-page-1/#comment-4171 Daniel Sullivan Sat, 04 Nov 2006 01:48:16 +0000 http://www.irishelection.com/11/poor-pds/#comment-4171 The PDs are too aware of the poor, after all many of them have given them jobs perhaps even given many of them several jobs. They might employ the same person to cook, clean and mind the children, and all for less than the cost of the annual family holiday. The PDs are too aware of the poor, after all many of them have given them jobs perhaps even given many of them several jobs. They might employ the same person to cook, clean and mind the children, and all for less than the cost of the annual family holiday.

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