Rob Cass 🇮🇪🇿🇦🇬🇧🇦🇪🇩🇰🇩🇪🇪🇺🇸🇦🇳🇱
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Trying to "do good, do right & serve others," create a few jobs & a better, more sustainable society in the process! All Views My Own. Dal Cais tribe.
Dungarvan, Waterford, Ireland
Joined March 2009
We're worst in Europe at greenhouse emissions per person. We could be the best and must be the best for a better, more balanced & fairer world for all.
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Apples capex runs at $12bn. A year. Where’s the $600bn coming from if it’s got $109bn cash and ‘only’ $335bn total assets?.
NEW: Today the WH is expected to announce that Apple will increase its US commitment to $600B over the next 4 years -- including a new $100B pledge . A White House official tells me today’s announcement "includes an ambitious new American Manufacturing Program (AMP) dedicated to.
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‘No country for young people.’. Economic & social policy choice to have lowest home ownership in young adults, least housing stock in EU -15 means exporting cows is more important than keeping young adults in communities. Which results in less children. 30% less a a decade.
5/5 Ireland will face increased demands for healthcare and pensions. The Government’s recently established savings funds will help address these costs. But the funds alone will not be enough. So, the government will need to raise additional revenue or reallocate existing spending
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Can the far cleverer economists explain why we don’t use Opportunity zones (US policy) and tax credits (EU policy) for stimulating growth (in regions in particular)? @JimPowerEcon @Keyes @GerardBrady100 . €200k tax credit to live / work / stay / move here. 7 years. Post T-rump.
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With the National planning framework / Ireland 2040 reducing housing supply to rural for 2018 to 2025, and again, the new NPF reducing housing & infrastructure supply in rural to be 300% less per person than cities, OECD / EU at least show rural decline can be averted. Not IRL.
💡Much has been made of the decline of rural areas. Yet many are finding their footing again by seizing new opportunities arising from the #green and #digital transitions. How can policy makers help them ride the wave and reinforce resilience?. Blog🔗
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Wow. What a story!.
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Holding feet to fire and clearing out the town clowns. Apt.
This show was such a great show. I was so disappointed when it wasn’t renewed. Given the climate today, we understand why it wasn’t renewed.
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RT @theintercept: “Nothing new needs to get done. It’s a simple but not easy solution: Stop the bombing, open up the gates, and let the peo….
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As with many of Trump’s proposals, it’s unclear how serious he is about his vague call for further U.S. involvement in Gaza food aid.
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RT @MiddleEastEye: “Amir walked 12 kilometres to get food, got nothing but scraps, thanked us for it, and died.”. Anthony Aguilar, former U….
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JFC. If this was your city, your town, your parish?. Why is it allowed by such weakness in positions of power?. Oh. Lobbyists. Gas contracts. Construction contracts. Those are more important things than well, genocide. ‘Thoughts and prayers’ mean zero to children wiped out.
An aerial view of what the Gaza City area looked like this week. Taken from a Jordanian military aircraft, by our colleague @Heidiphotos.
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Great insight from coalface @killianwoods. In a housing crisis, it shouldn’t be taking 3 years to get to contract, nevermind build. Well done to Ingka / Aurium team for having immense patience to overcome so, so many blockers. Prove small minds wrong.
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Vacant / dereliction off Waterford city high street. Beeen like this 10 yrs. It’s owned by Philip in Dept of Housing. Who oversaw failed Directly elected mayor process, with Waterford council ex CEO. Who didn’t want a mayor asking questions or holding him to account. Who
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RT @EfficiencyDocs: 📉 Ireland’s business efficiency ranking has fallen from 3rd (2024) to 11th (2025) while infrastructure remains at 17th.….
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€50 billion increase a year now to those owning. 110k of 180k homes added in the last decade of Census were those aged 65+ owning outright with no mortgages. The mention of those cash buyers in any parties ‘plans’ or policies?. Zero. Asset gain of 145% -10 years. €80bn.
Oh won't somebody think of the "poor" landlords 🥴.
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The answer is NOT more gardai or cam’s. The answer is more vibrancy and community housing; more people, more ownership. In 6 Dublin eircodes there wasn’t a single first buyer of a new home in 12 months. It’s full Tory to focus on policing. Make Streets vibrant. Crime falls.
The Indian embassy has had to issue a warning to its citizens because of the surge in racist attacks in Dublin. Horrific
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3. Nowhere is this more visibie than in actual housing delivery; Ireland housing is a wealth policy. In '16, housing supply was low. Now, Killiney district delivers over 1000 homes a year. One of highest per capita in EU. Where wealth/land is. Yet in more affordable, still low
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Yep. Imagine all the land the state, semi-state and church has. But doesn’t build. As the state chooses the supply. Low. The state chooses the finance supply. Very low. The state makes it costly. But it does allow homes to high supply rates in wealthy land districts.
Weirdly, many people think that builders choose how many homes to build, and so we need to look at the construction industry and its concentration/competition to understand housing production. Nope. Landowners choose. Only landowners. No one builds homes without land.
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2. It wasn't focus but @spunout's excellent research, using data/facts, that asked young people. 88% want to emigrate due to Housing. The 12% rest must living / buying in DLR/Greystones/Naas/Blackrock. The so what; policy makers don't ask young for their input. Instead, it's.
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If ever there was a graph showing Ireland's housing policy is wealth / finance led not about outcomes for all, it's this. "All citizens equal"? Absolutely not when it comes to Housing policy. Market / finance led. Still well below demand. But meeting the low bar supply
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