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Leah Farrell via RollingNews.ie

The cost of buying a house in Ireland has gone up another 8.6%

The highest house price growth in Dublin was in South Dublin at 11.2%.

STATS RELEASED TODAY by the CSO have shown that the cost of buying a house in Ireland has increased by 8.6% in the last year.

The Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) found that prices in Dublin have risen by 8.1% and prices outside Dublin have gone up by 9.1%.

The highest house price growth in Dublin was in south Dublin at 11.2%, while Fingal saw a rise of 6.5%.

Outside Dublin, house prices were up by 8.7% and apartment prices up by 14.6%. The region outside of Dublin that saw the largest rise in house prices was the Border at 16.2% – at the other end of the scale, the South West saw a 5.3% rise.

In July 2021, 3,822 purchases of new homes were filed with Revenue, an increase of 49.2% compared to July 2020.

In the 12 months to July 2021, the lowest median price for a house was €120,000 in Longford, while the highest median price was €560,00 in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown

Commenting on the increase, Viacheslav Voronovich, statistician at the CSO, said: “In the period before Covid-19, the annual growth in residential property prices fell gradually from 13.4% in April 2018 to 0.9% in March 2020.

“While price growth remained subdued throughout most of 2020, a trend of accelerating growth emerged in the latter part of the year and into 2021.” 

Reacting to the figures today, Labour housing spokesperson Rebecca Moynihan said home ownership is no longer a legitimate aspiration for most people. She said that the stamp duty changes are having little impact on investor dominance in the housing market.

Moynihan said: “This CSO data adds further insult to injury for anyone with an aspiration to buy their own home. Prices are up 99% nationally from the low of 2013, but prices in the city are astronomical. Household incomes are not keeping pace and the cost of living in Ireland continues to soar.

“This is not sustainable, and as well as driving people into homeless, it is eroding people’s morale, it is forcing them to work to barely get by, it’s another symptom of Ireland’s two-tier society.”

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:04 PM

    People were only appointed to regulatory bodies if there were considered sound by FF. They weren’t there to regulate. There only job was to not rock the boat and collect a massive wage.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:19 PM

    So enda tell me this,you were the leader of the opposition party all these years and you saw and head all decisions been made why didnt you challenge them but you were enjoying every bit of the what ever was going and now your pretending you just arrive from the moon and know nothing about the last 10years…as the leader of a party it was your job to challenge any decision you think will put this country in danger but you didnt and now we are paying for that because you still have your house,cars,holidays etc while most families are force to give up the norm to make sure they can put food on the table..

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    Mute Anna Kirby
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    Apr 21st 2013, 6:20 PM

    Regulate bankers pay by keeping cap at 500k which is still OTT rather than allowing BOI salary to pass 840k this wed at AGM

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    Apr 21st 2013, 7:14 PM

    @stayfrostynatty Well said!!! I’m glad to see someone else has their finger on the pulse! You hit the nail on the head. Enda Kenny, is at the moment proving not only is he and his Party useless in opposition…….but in power also! I mean seriously…..where were these guy’s, when people had 150% mortgages shoved in their face? People today should not be falling for that sh1t from Kenny et al. that they were helpless – in opposition. It really suck’s of complicity and that includes FG.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 9:55 PM

    No cap on bankers pay.
    Cap bank size … we need at least 14 banks for our economy.
    Then any bank management that screws up is simply left to fail.
    No bank big enough to be systemically critical.
    No bank allowed to loan to both seller AND purchaser
    … developer AND house purchaser…. daft!
    Proper metrics for banks …very difficult to do in practice….need really smart guys in CB!!!

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    Mute Brian Meleady
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    Apr 21st 2013, 11:00 PM

    A la taxi regulator,Deering,Doyle,Murphy,Creegan et al.

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    Mute Warren Joyce
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    Apr 22nd 2013, 12:27 AM

    R Neuville – What a great suggestion. I never thought about it like that before. It seems silly to cap salary as I think the market in normal circumstances should decide that. I read a Richard Branson book recently and in it he explained how he always kept dividing Virgin into different companies because if one part failed it wouldn’t bring the whole thing down with it, hence protecting the bottom line of the company and also jobs within the company as a whole. He pointed this out in terms of his failed virgin cola business in the states when they went up against Coca Cola. It’s a different industry I know but I still think you make a great point. You should try get in contact with the powers that be in terms of regulation. I’m serious.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:03 PM

    Its well documented who exactly changed the regulations in regards banking – to suit his Drumcondra Mafia mates to ride roughshod over the banks (…and lets not forget those in the “Golden Circle” too) – so when are we going to see him held accountable?

    Is Kenny going to just talk the talk – and not walk the actual walk?
    More words – followed up by bugger all actions?

    Now let me guess….

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    Mute Philip
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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:28 PM

    LOL Ride roughshod over the banks

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:28 PM

    Bit of Icelandic type justice for these gougers!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:06 PM

    We need a new constitution, a new start and a review of all state pensions past,present and future. Rewards only with accountability,no more automatic “entitlements”.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:11 PM

    You need to have authority in order to regulate. The banks have already given 2 fingers to the government a number of times on a variety of issues. Reports aren’t going to change that attitude!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:52 PM

    @ ag_macnamh

    Your right – only lengthy prison sentences will help!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 6:43 PM

    He also meant his failure in regulation and rules has cost the people of Ireland much.

    Convenient he forgot that !!

    And I have noticed Enda has put a few pounds around the waist area , he’d want to push back from the table a bit and learn to say NO

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    Apr 21st 2013, 6:48 PM

    Biggins 31
    Yeah let’s just get all the Bankers in senior positions during the collapse and give them a standard ten year jail term and for the CEO’s we can add five years plus hard labour. It doesn’t matter whether they have broken any laws or not because it will make us feel better. Sure we can always write some retrospective legislations to cover the situation. While we’re at it we should confiscate all private pensions over fifty thousand a year and prevent such people from having access to Contributory pensions. Furthermore front line employees such as nurses and firemen and ambulance drivers and teachers should have their tax free allowances tripled because of their work and their Health Insurance should provided free of charge!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 8:39 PM

    If just 1% of what you jokingly mentioned was implemented on the guilty in those positions by this government, yes it would make the people feel like there was some justice, but the politicians and bankers at the top are all buddies, point me out a banker that says he is not a FG\FF voter and I’ll show you a liar.

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 8:48 AM

    Kenny and his buddies aint going to rock the boat, because one day they will be back in opposition again, it’s all a game to them TDs, as the great Sir Humphry Appleby (yes minister) said politicians love activity it’s a great substitute for achievement.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:32 PM

    The primary regulator was the Central Bank of Ireland. It’s upper officials were royally and lavishly entertained by the Irish Bankers Federation at private dinners. The watch dog was made into a lapdog. The dog was so over fed and so wined that it was not able to bark, it could merely licked the hands of the Bankers in gratitude.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 10:56 PM

    Well said Peter!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:01 PM

    “better regulation is central to recovery”

    No need for any more austerity then edna.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:01 PM

    I thought Enda said “we all went mad borrowing” was the cause, depends who he’s talking to I suppose. If we actually got 6% tax off the multinationals laundering money thru Ireland it would solve our deficit problem. This 3 minute clip on Ireland’s money laundering is interesting.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcnTdO47p0Q

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:02 PM

    I thought Enda said “we all went mad borrowing” was the cause, depends who he’s talking to I suppose. If we actually got 6% tax off the multinationals laundering money thru Ireland it would solve our deficit problem. This 3 minute clip on Ireland’s money laundering is interesting.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:03 PM

    I thought Enda said “we all went mad borrowing” was the cause, depends who he’s talking to I suppose. If we actually got 6% tax off the multinationals laundering money thru Ireland it would solve our deficit problem.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:04 PM

    We all went mad borrowing??

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    Apr 21st 2013, 8:29 PM

    He also said ‘it wasn’t our fault’….the man doesn’t realise what he’s saying half the time.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 9:15 PM

    Pity you didn’t raise this issue when in opposition! And now you’re costing us more.

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 12:23 AM

    Wish they would stop looking over the shoulder for someone to blame and get on with what they promised to do.
    Enda is entering territory now that will destroy his legacy and that of this Govt.
    An opportunity was given to them and they have fcudk it up

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 12:32 AM

    He’s right on both counts to be fair! We all went mad borrowing and things were not regulated correctly. Not sure why anyone has a problem with either of those statements really.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:04 PM

    If he got a euro for every lie and promise he broke, he would be able to bail out Ireland himself and still have change left.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:08 PM

    Elderfield jumped ship so fast that he left €100,000 behind.

    Either Elderfield knows something about criminality or he knows whats coming down the line.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:19 PM

    Elderfield says he does not want to be an Englishman in Ireland presiding over a policy which will result in mass repossessions of Irish homes , which he says will be called evictions.

    He is getting out before the major crisis arrives.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 11:02 PM

    Savills aren’t too bothered about working in Ireland: http://www.savills.ie/

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 1:54 AM

    Or perhaps he has jumped ship because the truth is going to emerge about the billions of euros he unnecessarily burdened the taxpayers by, when he put Quinn Insurance into administration in error and worse still, he ensured that an offer of 2.8 billion from the Quinn family was thrown in their face because he simply wanted to oust Sean Quinn regardless of the consequences for the people of Ireland. It is ironic that he ran for cover just as he blatantly refused to provide a copy of the legal/professional that he presumabely relied upon before pressing the nuclear button————Could it be that is because it does not exist. 1600 direct jobs have been lost to date in the border area because of Elderfield-Good riddance to this egotistical fat cat whose mess will take decades to clean up.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:38 PM

    This is wonderful news. I assume he will now go after these crooks and penalise them to the full extent right? Oh yeah, politicians are just like bankers…. Corrupt… Forgot, sorry…

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:04 PM

    Yeah they both use each other as an excuse for what happened criticise the crap out of each in the media other then meet up in the snug in Nesbitts and laugh themselves stupid at our gullabilty.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:11 PM

    Bankers and politicians they both use each other as an excuse for what happened criticise the crap out of each other in the media then sneak up to the snug in Nesbitts and laugh themselves stupid at our gullabilty.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:13 PM

    Bankers and politicians they both use each other as an excuse for what happened criticise the crap out of each other in the media then sneak up to the snug in Nesbitts both of the them with pockets full of our money and laugh themselves stupid at our gullabilty.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:45 PM

    With the help of our Media, all of our Media. Except Vincent of course.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:16 PM

    Your government cost this country dearly.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:12 PM

    Wtf ??????……. failures in government cost this country dearly. ….. not regulations

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:18 PM

    He doesn’t know what the F#?k he is saying, he just reads whats put in front of him.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:33 PM

    This is the same crowd of Neanderthals that came up with the personal insolvency legislation. If Kennys crowd had any sense of honour, they’d admit they haven’t got a clue and quit, Vincent Brown was spot on with his whiskey and dark room remarks about Enda Kenny. The mans an embarrassing sap who is causing irreparable damage to this country.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:25 PM

    2 sides of the same coin I reckon. If you score an own goal is it your fault or the keeper’s?

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:10 PM

    Enda — could you regulate your minister for Education from appointing other ministers wives to high paid positions. At least interview a few other people for the job. I wonder did the Trioka agree to that appointment ?

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:08 PM

    At the minute there are negotiations on how to reform the accountancy profession in particular in relation to auditing practices

    Now the the BIG 4 auditing firms have being lobbying extremely hard

    So what will FG – bow down to their friends in big business or will they be mindful of past mistakes

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:19 PM

    Some of the conditions attached to having a financial services centre in dublin were, very little tax, low regulations and a “light touch” regime.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:37 PM

    Off topic, but what the hell happened to Elderfield, my money is on that he has seen something that he could not unsee, and promptly removed!

    Talk about cushy old boys club who turned a blind eye on the financial aspects and never took responsibility nor still to this day, held accountable, *that costed us dearly*!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:39 PM

    Emmm He took early retirement and was persuaded to stay on for a bit and the bit is over now…

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:45 PM

    Thanks for your reply. Its incredulous, do not believe that! :)

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:02 PM

    Tom,

    i’m with you, elderfield jumped ship so fast that he left €100,000 behind. Either Elderfield knows something about criminality or he knows whats coming down the line.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:42 PM

    Tom, did you not hear, Elderfield got a job with the FBI. They put him in charge of area 51.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:20 PM

    It’s a guarantee and u can take this to the back if u can find one not shut down or one that will let u in
    Enda will do f**k all about this will spin a lot of crap cause he has to after being put on the spot by a journalist
    This time nxt year it will be in the same position , and he will have some excuse – wait and see

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:12 PM

    Enda — could you regulate your minister for Education from appointing other ministers wives to high paid positions. At least interview a few other people for the job. I wonder did the Trioka agree to that appointment

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:42 PM

    You don’t say enda. Why not weed out all the friends, acquaintances and in some cases family members of tds on regulatory boards and give these positions to qualified people that would be a start. The financial regulator did not do its job and that is why we are in this mess

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    Apr 21st 2013, 6:02 PM

    Surely the key regulator in a democracy is the opposition. Is this an admission of guilt??.. Perhaps he was too busy building his party to provide alternatives….

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    Apr 21st 2013, 7:31 PM

    We have ingrained in our minds, the comments that Enda Kenny made at that Europen Forum thingy a year or so ago…….where he said “the Irish people went mad borrowing” and more recently when Michael Noonan said “we took one for the team”! It’s a true reflection of these guy’s sentiment! What a bunch of smarmy fcukers we have in this Government!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:35 PM

    And just who will do the regulating? The civil service is decimated, the accounting profession is discredited and bankers are diabolical… maybe the party hacks who criticize the public sector but have only ever worked for the party…

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    Apr 21st 2013, 8:33 PM

    Are we missing the ‘bigger picture’ or something? I mean to say…..have you ever thought of what respective Governments in Europe or indeed the rest of the world do or say at these G8/G20 summit’s……and then wonder why we are all in the sh1t at the same time? All the Regulator’s in all the Countries turning a blind eye at the same time!!! All the people we think are to blame are not in jail! Why is that? I dunno, but it feels like ‘global fiscal correction’…..induced by a shock to the system! Like we had civil war’s (at the same time) or something and are picking up the pieces!

    How else does one describe, what just recently happened over the last 10 years or when Politicians come out with insult after insult, like…….it didn’t happen while I was in power or the ridicule of FF by FG saying that “crony politics got us where we are now”………when Michael Noonan say’s on Bloomberg to the rest of the world – “we took one for the team”!

    Anecdotally speaking……ever since I was very young (40 years or so) I heard my Father and his Father say things like……The Banks ‘never’ lose……or all Politicians are the same……or even the rich get richer and the poor get poorer!

    How very fcuking true!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 6:52 PM

    When kenny was on the oposition bench he knew what was going on but chose to do nothing, hence the name do nothing enda

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:53 PM

    Enda’s bleeding edge thinking keeping us ahead of a future financial crisis, when he can’t get out of this one. The country got what it elected, a useless impotent opposition leader promoted to Chief of the Phoenix park Indians.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:41 PM

    Big business cost this country dearly

    Big business lobby governments telling them to enact certain legislation in order for business to create jobs, get the economy performing etc.

    Governments spend too much time listening to business and their promises of jobs

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    Apr 21st 2013, 8:33 PM

    Is Kenny on his own road to damascus? How long was he in politics before he noticed the stable door should be shut? WTF was he doing in opposition?

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 2:50 AM

    Kerry Kenny is 40 years in the DAIL not a great record eh

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    Apr 21st 2013, 7:28 PM

    We need to start the cuts at the top . Let the politicians feel a bit of austerity . Them thy won’t be so fast at making cuts to people who can ill afford them

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    Apr 21st 2013, 10:30 PM

    Enda has spotted the problem. No need for banking inquiries. All is solved. Wonderful.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:52 PM

    The key regulator in a democracy is surely the opposition. The opposition is unburdoned by government and has a duty to debate, provide alternatives and Oppose…..So is this an admission of guilt??

    If his grand kids ask him what he did during the Celtic tiger, will he answer I fought to regulate the economy…….or I just concentrated on building my own party…..

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:49 PM

    It’s less regulation we need not more. Big government stifles economic activity, a proper free market economy leads to efficient enterprise, more jobs and competitive labour markets, although in truth I think this is just a soundbite that won’t go anywhere.
    Just to preempt, my comment doesn’t advocate boomtime FF policies, I’m saying Government shouldn’t have a mandate to restrict market practices, because it doesn’t have the expertise to achieve the outcomes it wants.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 8:40 PM

    Bill Cullen would agree with you……other’s wouldn’t!

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    Apr 21st 2013, 10:37 PM

    I disagree

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    Apr 21st 2013, 5:47 PM

    Did he have a Light Bulb moment to come up with this? Gee fecking whiz…. I knew this was an issue 8 years ago.

    Along with regulations comes accountability. With accountability comes rewards and punishment. The problem is that we have a culture that doesn’t want to feel as if they are being controlled or told what to do.

    Sorry this is exactly what this country needs.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 11:01 PM

    The sight of Kenny and his dictatorship makes me sick. Vile dictator.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 11:06 PM

    Bleeding edge thinking from the man who has done everything he can to keep the system just they way FG and FF like it. Ah you might as well through Labour into that category as they have proved equally resistant to changing the way the country operates and done everything they can to make sure the protagonist of our destruction are keep free and living in the style they are accustom to. Shame on all our professional liars.

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    Mute Operator
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    Apr 21st 2013, 9:33 PM

    Sorry Enda, failure of Governance has cost this country more.

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    Mute Peter Richardson
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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:51 PM

    Appendix 4 of the Document contains 23 safe and uncontroversial questions which will not upset the consensus. To my surprise model answers are not included.

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    Mute Peter Richardson
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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:41 PM

    I am unable to locate the Policy Document online. It is not on the Taiseach’s website. Is it a publicly accessible document?

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    Apr 21st 2013, 9:37 PM

    This is the sort of razor sharp assessment of the situation that got Enda to where he is today. The glorious leader of one of the PIIGS nations. VIVA, VIVA Senor Kenny!!

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 2:04 AM

    I didn’t vote for this goverment . All we’ve had since they took power is to take ,take, take .Im so sick of Enda and co. spouting it’s ff’s fault yes they are at fault but 2 years on the Fine Gael and the Labour party have done nothing but impose more austerty to the people of this country.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:18 PM

    Both I would say

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 1:49 AM

    Mr Kenny What planet are you on For the past 2 years you and your ministers have put the people of this nation through hell with no turn back in sight.And please do not come back and tell us it was the last Government Fine Fail and the Greens that caused it all During their Reign you sat in opposition and YOU Mr Kenny never once did you stand up and say for the people of Ireland and Ireland as a Nation into the Future did you say once Enough is Enough at least the folk in the the opposition seats are saying enough is enough and are up on their feet with the People So maybe it is time for you to do the decent thing now and resign and tell your cabinet to go with you

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 2:42 AM

    You got voted in on lies,. it’s time you reflected on that.

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 12:55 AM

    Enda — could you regulate your minister for Education from appointing other ministers wives to high paid positions. At least interview a few other people for the job. I wonder did the Trioka agree to that appointment

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    Mute karen mockler
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    Apr 22nd 2013, 2:12 AM

    Time for you to go

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 9:47 AM

    What were you and your buddies doing Enda, in opposition and your silence was deafening?

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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:22 PM

    Sorry bank not back-obviously dam txt

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    Mute Peter Richardson
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    Apr 21st 2013, 4:46 PM

    I have located and downloaded the PDF document. 13th May is the deadline for a response. Will there be responses which will be listened to?

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    Apr 21st 2013, 10:59 PM

    He should include those docile buffoons in taxi regulation too.

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    Apr 21st 2013, 10:52 PM

    Doh !

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    Apr 22nd 2013, 3:04 AM

    And go

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