Theo McDonald
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Hibernian Metropolis
Joined May 2014
In Ireland entire housing estates meant for first time buyers are purchased by investment funds 😡 . Many of these funds brag about how high rents are which translates into a higher yield for their shareholders 😕. 🏡 🇮🇪
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RT @PaulSommerville: The "financialisaton of housing" globally and the role of Central banks is very little discussed. Talking house prices….
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RT @haugejostein: In 2000, China accounted for 6% of global manufacturing. In 2030, China is projected to account for 45% of global manufa….
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RT @nwl88444048: Nationally, 40% of the commencement notices in the month of June 2025 were for apartments, and in Dublin City, nearly 100%….
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Did the supply surge from last year’s waiving of the development levy lead to a fall in house prices ? . Asking for a friend…. 🏠🧐.
I've consistently said that the temporary development levy waiver was the most effective housing measure the government introduced in the past five years. Its removal so soon after the election is deeply puzzling—and it's difficult not to view it with a degree of cynicism.
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Interesting piece from the Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan. Link below 👇
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RT @businessposthq: Analysis provided to James Browne, the housing minister, before he announced new apartment standards cautioned him that….
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RT @_PeterRyan: Honestly guys wtf are we doing here lol. Q1 2025 Real GDP: -0.5%. The only sectors that grew:.- Information: 11%.- Real es….
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RT @gataveckaite: Independent TD Catherine Connolly launches her presidential campaign at Leinster House.
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For what it’s worth there’s a forest named after Dev in Israel…
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I’m confused . These commentators say Devalera - the supposed Theocrat - sending condolences to the Germans following Hitler’s death is proof of historic antisemitism . Yet, at the same time, state that ‘post-Catholicism’ explains current ‘Israeliphobia’ . Which one is it?.
“Ireland is Heading to Breaking Point”. Writer Brendan O’Neill joins me on The Winston Marshall Show for a searing breakdown of Ireland’s moral inversion, rising antisemitism, and the void left by Catholicism’s collapse. We get into:.⚠️ How Israelophobia replaced religious
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RT @BarryWhyte85: From what I can see, the Irish Government already has the authority to require asylum seekers who have a job to contribu….
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No point sugarcoating how much damage deindustrialisation has done to NI . But worth pointing out that NI still had the fastest growth in the U.K. as a whole last year
She’s correct. ‘NI’ is an economic basket case, hasn’t paid for itself since the 30s. Bad design & dysfunction, patched up. These six counties though. as much talent as the rest of the island. With better design & the correct structures, huge opportunity & potential.
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I fail to see how a bill which “aims to streamline migration and asylum law across the EU, making it easier to process asylum applications and faster to identify failed applicants” is of ‘grave concern’ . Given 80% of applicants are economic migrants surely this makes sense ?
‘Grave concerns’ over Government’s rush to adopt new EU migration plan, rights watchdog says
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It really isn’t… . Being a net importer of energy and the hedging strategies by energy suppliers - who locked in higher future prices even as they fell - have confined Irish energy users to spiralling costs . ⚡️💡🔌.
Electricity prices in Ireland have not declined to the same extent as in other EU countries and it's difficult to explain why, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) will tell an Oireachtas committee today
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RT @davidsirota: Idea: rezone Martha’s Vineyard for high density YIMBY affordable housing for the working class, funded by taxing the islan….
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