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AROUND 1,200 HOMEOWNERS have applied not to pay the Local Property Tax due to pyrite damage in their homes.
Finance Minister Michael Noonan confirmed that the Revenue Commissioners have received the self-assessments from the property owners so far and has accepted the claims at face value.
In order to be eligible not to pay the property tax because of pyrite, a homeowner has to get a certificate from an engineer or a geologist confirming the presence of significant pyrite damage.
Pyrite is a cheap building material which was used frequently in some parts of the country during the property boom. It swells and can cause major structural damage which costs tens of thousands of euros to fix.
A 2012 report by an independent panel established by then-Environment Minister Phil Hogan identified 10,300 homes that may have been damaged by pyrite.
Minister Noonan said that the Revenue Commissioners have begun reviewing all the applications.
“The Commissioners have confirmed that claims for exemption may be reviewed and where necessary the Commissioners will seek a copy of the certificate to verify the validity of the claim,” he said.
“The Commissioners have informed me that they have begun their review process and have requested a copy of the certificate confirming the presence of significant pyritic damage from a number of property owners in support of their pyrite exemption claim”.
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Are they really benefitting from WhatsApp’s outage, or is it more that people are ditching WhatsApp since the Facebook takeover?
I deleted my account, and the app from my phone. Barely use it as it is. Find Viber better.
Yeah, I only use viber. Didn’t bother even trying any other messaging app. How many different ways do I need to talk to the same people?
Had both WhatsApp and Viber for a couple of years. When Viber added text messaging (was originally just voice) stopped using WhatsApp altogether.
The stock valuations of these tech companies make no sence ! Twitter never has made a profit and is worth billions !
Never heard of LINE don’t know why they’re bragging. Left whatsapp for viber a long time ago. Joining with Facebook will mean constant technical problems problems
Currently working in S.E. Asia here, Whatsapp is almost nonexistent – Line has pretty much obtained market saturation. It’s a big world out there buddy, and Ireland is a very small pixel in the picture.
Just sayin’
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Understand that… Just stating I’ve never heard of them….. Buddy….
Well you said you don’t know why they’re bragging… Well, 340+ million users and 0 network problems, (ever, in my experience). Facebook buys Whatsapp and an outage occurs within hours.
That’s the reason they were braggin’
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Yep. Any Korean or Japanese person I’ve met here in Asia seem to never even have heard of Viber or Whatsapp. LINE is massive. I prefer it to Viber which I use for my Irish friends. I’d recommend to give it a try.
Ah jasus there’s messaging app fanboi’s now…
No point in staying with a service when there is a better one out there for free.
Viber is so laggy I can’t deal with it. Whatsapp is miles better but now I wonder about privacy now that fb have taken over. No doubt in a few weeks we’ll notice ‘pages you might like suggestions’ will be relevant to private conversations had with mates on what’s app.
I’m no expert but I would expect people to bounce around from one free app to the next. It takes seconds and groups can reform in no time. Facebook will try to cull or own any threat to its platform, which I have to say, for me is becoming less interesting every day.
My daughter in Japan told us about Line over two years ago and we use it all the time, it is a superb messaging and call service, very clear with no delay between Ireland and Japan.
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