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LANDLORDS IN THE private rental sector have said that they are “shell-shocked” with new rental pressures brought in by Housing Minister Simon Coveney, claiming that the measures on rental pressure zones are “removed from reality and practicality”.
In Budget 2017, plans were unveiled to introduce rent caps in certain towns and cities around Ireland.
Originally rolled out for Dublin and Cork, the new system of rent caps has been extended to all of Galway city and 23 towns across the country.
It means rent can only be raised by a maximum of 4% a year in those areas, at the time of its next review.
At an Irish Property Owners’ Association (IPOA) meeting of 120 landlords in Cork last night, they criticised the new measures as “quite clearly unconstitutional rent control” and accused the government of “political sabotage of [their] property rights”.
The group’s chairman, Stephen Faughnan, said that attendees were critical of these measures “being foisted on them” by Minister Coveney.
They argued that, instead of rent controls, increasing housing supply was the answer to the renting crisis in Ireland. They also said that landlords have been left out of the conversation on how best to approach the private rental sector by the government.
Faughnan added: “We have said on many occasions over the years – supply, supply, supply is the answer. I again urge government to listen to the practitioners in the private rental sector, i.e. the owners.”
He cited cases where attendees at the meeting outlined the “personal grief experienced in following correct procedures for handling rent arrears”.
In one instance outlined by the IPOA, one landlord said they’d waited 12 months and lost €14,000 plus added legal costs associated with having to enforce a determination order through the courts.
Faughnan added that the market rents outlined under the control zones are “inconsistent with the reality of the sector”, calling them a “distortion”.
Rising rents
Data released by Daft.ie showed that rents across Ireland are now rising at their fastest ever rate.
The average rent seen nationwide now stands at €1,111 per month.
Daft.ie economist Ronan Lyons said the data made “grim reading not only for tenants but for policymakers”.
Opposition parties were critical of Coveney’s rent control zones, but for somewhat different reasons.
Sinn Féin housing spokesperson Eoin O’Broin said that “rent certainty” is needed in Ireland, and that rent control zones don’t go far enough.
“Minister Coveney had an opportunity before Christmas to halt unaffordable rent increases,” he said. “Instead, he gifted landlords with a 4% year-on-year rent increase for the next three years.”
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The screws should contain a reference or batch number so it should make it easier for them to identify him.
I was just thinking that ann..
If we can figure this out why can’t forensics ??
Forensics are a bunch of amateurs be it in accountancy or crime.
Ha, everyone’s an expert !!!!! Do ye think the Guards are eegits needing your advice on how to investigate these type of crimes.
Ah, Ye’re listening to too much of that Wilson/ Mc Cabe crap.
Leave it to the experts.
“Leave it to the experts.” lmao
the sophie tuscan du plantier et al experts i it?
Screws don’t have reference or batch numbers, only implants or prostheses, so it’s unlikely to be much help.
The operation that the guy had was a major one. the exact procedure is in a database somewhere along with his personal details. It’s not rocket science.
No such database exists outside HIPE, it would be in breach of the data protection act. He had craniotomy so performed which is about the most frequent op the Neurosurgeons do. They’d probably have to do a chart trawl unless the characteristics of the case ring some bells locally. They’ve probably asked in Beaumont and Cork.
Not rocket science , biology :)
So, do you have some expert advice on this one ??? Whose right or wrong ? Maybe we’re all gobdaws on this one too, or, you have other really really valuable evidence to suggest that the GARDAI are totally off the wall, or maybe you’re just the average Mail reader !! Get with the programme.
the daily mail is the the daily garda
Screws do have reference numbers every last one of them from ones for your fingers to ones for your head and reference/batch numbers are recorded in medical charts and can be used to identify.
No, they do not.
Looks like a job for Gil Grissom
Elaine if they can they will.
They should have his identity already. A search of the neurological databases in Irish and european hospitals will do it.
Can i bypass templemore and go straight to interpol?
No cause you sent your vetting form to the Phoenix park , and a monkey ate it….
i didn’t send it, the desk sargeant did:-)
No database I’m afraid. Every patient registry in Ireland needs an individual act of the Oireachteas, that was established when the national cancer registry was created. The could do an individual chart check but it would take forever. More sensible to release details to the general public and see what turns up.
sorry that doesn’t wash,
There are less than ten neurologists in this country, of them only a couple would do an operation like this guy had and they would remember doing an op like the one this guy had.
Sorry, they probably do a craniotomy on the majority of cases they see, it’s just a hole in the skull. I’m sure they’ve checked with Beaumont. There are actually closer to 25 neurologists in the country, but they don’t do craniotomies, Neurosurgeons do. There are 7 or 8 of them in Beaumont but I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t remember an individual case they did a few years ago.
i’m pretty sure a neurologist would remember the names of all his patients who had teir skulls opened by him.
Shouldn’t you be doing something constructive in the barracks, like paperwork.
*sergeant
You wouldn’t be able for it. Best your type stay safe behind the keyboard .
No seeking you wouldn’t be able for it. Your type are better staying safe behind the keyboard. Mind yourself now x
And the possibility that this work could have been done in another country, (very likely ) hasn’t crossed your mind.
Nidge is after getting Tommy clipped and chopped up!
A good lead so, won’t need to go out on a limb to solve this one.
I’m pretty sure the Gards do actually know how to do their job! Love all the Sharky and George style comments though!
1998 Hide & Seek champion..
Hi Paul, thanks for your input but lets not confuse a scandal of the 50′s with what is most probably the discovery of a criminal found in a rubbish dump. Even you should realise that its a bloody stupid comparison.
Heard you the first time, Tony.
Mark was not a criminal
Looks like the work of Tony Soprano
Maybe its Enda Kenny – hes got a few screws loose
Tony
An appalling murder that ended the life of a young man provides you with a platform to make a sick joke about the body being that of the Taoiseach. At first I just thought you suffered from a complete absence of any social filter but now I’m convinced your intellectual development suffered an irreversible collapse some time ago!
As did your humour development Richard.
Richard
Common sense would suggest that somebody who is found in a rubbish dump was no pillar of society by any stretch of the imagination. My social filter and intellectual development however remain intact although one must add that the Taoiseach and his army of baboons are presently working hard to change that.
Richard is correct about it being an appalling murder, and the deceased deserves more respect than Tony’s comment indicates. Of course Richard ignored earlier disrespectful comments that made light of this murder, choosing only to comment on a wry observation that Kenny has a few screws loose, which leads me to think Richards moral compass only points to Enda.
Tony, you should reflect on what you said in light of the mother and baby home scandal where innocents were interred in cess pits.
Sick puppy.
Hi Paul, thanks for your input but lets not confuse a scandal of the 50′s with what is most probably the discovery of a criminal found in a rubbish dump. Even you should realise that its a bloody stupid comparison.
I’m pretty sure the Guards do actually know how to their jobs! Love all the Sharky and George style comments though!
I’d say the cops have a fair idea who this could be….I think they do a very good job the majority of the time…there’s twits/bad apples in every large organisation!
Frankenstein?
Screws either side of his head?? Holy shit, I know who it is!!! http://finnishfoodgirl.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/frankenstein.jpg
Job done
Well I hope, at least, that the female sargeant that admitted she didn’t know how to read a map on the Tynan case in portarlington a couple of weeks ago was not allowed near this. Or any other upcoming case for that matter. There’s an excuse for cutbacks but there’s no excuse for incompetency.
Garda are down in the dumps over this!
It’s Frankenstein’s monster. There should be a pair of nuts and bolts lying around there too.
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