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THERE NEEDS TO be a sharp increase in the level of building activity in Dublin in order to meet demand, surveyors are warning.
A report from the Society of Chartered Surveyors Ireland found there is a minimum requirement of of over 35,000 housing units in the capital by 2018.
At the moment, there’s planning permission for some 26,000 units — leaving a shortfall of around 9,000.
The report, which covered the four local authority areas, found that the Dublin City Council area had had least progress in terms of new builds…
While there is a minimum housing requirement of approximately 14,000 units in Dublin City, planning permissions have only been granted for some 1,300 units. This means that there could be a unit shortfall of up to 91 per cent in this area over the next 5 years.
In South Dublin, there’s a minimum housing requirement of close to 9,000 units, the report found — but planning permission has only been granted for 4,200 units.
However, there’s a surplus in both Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown and Fingal, according to the surveyors: planning permission has been granted for 4,200 units in DLR, which has a minimum requirement of 3,3000; the requirement in Fingal is 9,600 units, but planning permission has been granted for almost 17,000 units.
“The situation in the Dublin City Council is critical while the situation in South Dublin County Council is very serious,” the SCSI’s Simon Stokes said in a statement.
It’s clear these are the two areas which require urgent attention.
“We need more developers and builders to work with the local authorities to begin more new developments in these areas and to increase the number of planning permissions where demand exists.
“For this to happen, we need to improve levels of availability of development finance, provide upfront infrastructure and ensure a streamlined planning process – measures contained within the Government’s Construction 2020 Strategy.”
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The new lube..
I like the way you think.
Get a room.
Slippy when wet
That’s what we want, more chemicals in our food
Brian in all fairness article does say its made from edible plant materials.
Also, people who use ketchup are generally not all that concerned about an extra chemical or two.
True, Neal. Same with people who glug back 2L bottles of Diet Coke with aspartame.
Everything is chemicals.
Just run a drop of vinegar through your ketchup…it’ll flow away after that
Neil`s onto me.
Those in glass houses, Neal.
https://youtu.be/YkVWccmK48U
Yes but I wasn’t actually throwing stones, was I. Unlike you when you track me down on Twitter just to repeatedly ask whether I’m “handicapped” because of the way I speak on my podcast.
Thanks for the plug though.
You do put on a funny voice though. Like a simpleton yokle style character. Not my thing, but the voice you do is very well executed for the character. Credit where it’s due.
And yes – you had a go at people who consume chemicals in their food, whilst you sit there with a stinky old mattress against your wall & glug down bottles of diet coke – all the while judging others.
Best thing with the tomato ketchup is, when you make Bolognese sauce, put a small amount of water in
ketchup bottle,with the lid on of course, shake like mad and add to sauce. Then you can recycle bottle so you are saving the planet as well!!!!
In all fairness, not all plants are safe to eat.
It’s the waste left in the bottle that’s part of the profit . What manufacturer wants to lose that?
Exactly – to get 50 bottles worth of ketchup I’d guess a person needs to buy 51 bottles – a 2 percent margin right there!
Except a little bit like when the made it easier for bleach to pour , people use the product quicker and replace ! It will be more profitable for companies as customers would run out of ketchup sooner not fooling them selves ah sure the loads left in that bottle just give it s good whack ;)
It flows a bit too quickly though. You could end up with half the bottle on your plate very easily, going by the GIF anyway.
Other liquids will play catch-up…
Another application one can think of is to have a coating on the inside of the car’s windscreen, so that condensation can glide down as soon as it forms. Not sure if it can also be used outside the windscreen as a repellent for rain & bird droppings.
What if one was to ingest some of this substance? Would you have the sh!ts permanently?
Rub a small amount of shaving foam on to ur windscreen till it dissapears…. Fog free windows
Put some of those cat litter pebbles that you can buy into a sock or a washing powder net and leave them in your car. They absorb all the moisture and keep windows condensation free!
“it’s now getting some traction among consumer products.”…this product works with Zero traction!
Article on the same substance dated 2013. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2356793/No-whacking-ketchup-bottle-Scientists-develop-non-stick-coating-help-sauce-slide-out.html
It’s still news if you haven’t seen it before.
Johnaton you’ve to much time on your hands
It would be amazing to have this stuff in make up bottles too especially the glass ones. The amount of product left does be crazy.
” it wasn’t the mustard you ate, that made Mr Coleman rich, – it was the bit you left on the side of the plate…”
Is this article new? This coating has been Round I. Sauce bottles for about a year now.
a little drop in every cistern would disrupt historic reign toilet brushes .
That looks gross! Into the kettle, upside down (top on of course) with the hot water for a min does the same !
All that hassle for some ketchup dregs? lol – poor people suck.
Except that effectively being boiled will destroy lots of condiments.
You can’t do that with mayonnaise for one thing
An ironic little section from the above
” it’s now getting some traction among consumer products”.
Not irony.
Great Stuff! Another plus is washing! As a recycler, washing those things out are a pain in the behind, especially mayo in a glass jar! Think of all the water it will save too. Getting the last drop of red sauce out was never an issue for me. A put a tiny bit of water in and give it a shake, Voila! Don’t ya just love science!
This could have a thousand other consequences on food which all have to be tested before being used, it could affect flavour, texture, nutritional content, shelf life etc. can’t just be rushing in with sweeping changes
I wonder what sort of chemicals makes this achievable? I’d be very nervous about this in foodstuffs until I saw the ingredients.
We’re on the slippery slope. This could be used in car engine manufacture to make pistons last longer, might it do away with lubricants?
GM Tomatoes?
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