The Action Plan for Housing.

[Apollo Creed]

Things were so crap in the 80's that Ireland even had to have its own Live-Aid.

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U2 up on stage begging for jobs.

Full empoloyment and plenty of opportunity out there now for those who are willing.

No one is even denying the shortage of homes etc but there is no quick fix as the construction industry is working at maximum capacity.

Looking at the bleak 80's in Ireland with rose-tinted glasses is just bizarre.

Yeah, You didn't experience any of that.
The fact that you're trying to paint the 80s as shit when you and yours wouldn't know hardship if it came up to you wearing a dust bin bag with the words I'm hardship written in birdshit across it is laughable.
Go on voting Fine Gael and denigrating working families living in hotel rooms.

 

[Stacky]

Yeah, You didn't experience any of that.
The fact that you're trying to paint the 80s as shit when you and yours wouldn't know hardship if it came up to you wearing a dust bin bag with the words I'm hardship written in birdshit across it is laughable.
Go on voting Fine Gael and denigrating working families living in hotel rooms.

The 80's were indeed "shit" and only a fool would suggest otherwise or even long for their return.

I have not "denigrated" anyone and you know nothing whatsoever about me.

Poverty in Ireland declined last year to a record low.

Only 3.6% experienced consistent poverty - the lowest level ever recorded.

The number at risk of poverty declined too.

 

[Crankycorner]

This was the cover of a publication of The Economist magazine in 1988.

Times are tough now but nowhere near as bad as young people in the 80s had it. It’s simply delusion to suggest otherwise.

 

[Apollo Creed]

The 80's were indeed "shit" and only a fool would suggest otherwise or even long for their return.

I have not "denigrated" anyone and you know nothing whatsoever about me.

Poverty in Ireland declined last year to a record low.

Only 3.6% experienced consistent poverty - the lowest level ever recorded.

The number at risk of poverty declined too.

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Living in a hotel room in the 80s = fuck all.
Living in a hotel room now= At the end of May 2022, 972 families in the capital were residing in emergency accommodation,

 

[Apollo Creed]

View attachment 31738This was the cover of a publication of The Economist magazine in 1988.

Times are tough now but nowhere near as bad as young people in the 80s had it. It’s simply delusion to suggest otherwise.

Nice picture.
I lived in Cork then and now. There are way more people on the streets now.

 

[Crankycorner]

Nice picture.
I lived in Cork then and now. There are way more people on the streets now.

The population has grown by almost 2 million since the 80s. There are too many people on the streets without doubt. That doesn’t mean that the 80s are better than now. People are far better off now than ever before. The fact that life is more expensive now is a consequence of that. Economic growth is almost always accompanied by inflation.

 

[Meridian]

The Economy is this country is thriving

Housing is crawling along after it, at full tilt

That is an unfortunate measure of our economic success.

Can someone please point out where Utopia is please ?

 

[FSG OUT]

The Economy is this country is thriving

Housing is crawling along after it, at full tilt

That is an unfortunate measure of our economic success.

Can someone please point out where Utopia is please ?

The economy is not thriving.
The country is broken.
People can't get houses.
People can't see GPS.
There are breakfast clubs set up at schools to feed hungry kids.
You keep mentioning about the population growth.
This isn't news to the government, they know it's increasing.
This housing crisis has been a problem for nearly a decade.
Stop waffling on about "Utopia" as if wanting no homeless people, wanting nobody in emergency accommodation and wanting proper health services is a Utopia.
These are all things this FG promised would be fixed 14 years ago.

 

[FSG OUT]

You probably wouldn't feel the same if you were in your late 30s living with your parents or if you were in a hotel room indefinitely with young kids.
My wife's family were piss poor in the 80s but they always had a house with a kitchen and a sitting room with a fire place.
Try raising small kids in a hotel room.
Thats a new level of poverty all together.

Your post justs smacks of diehard blueshirt.

His post smacks of being a thick, uneducated, bitter c**t as he is a thick, uneducated, bitter c**t.

 

[FSG OUT]

Things were so crap in the 80's that Ireland even had to have its own Live-Aid.

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U2 up on stage begging for jobs.

Full empoloyment and plenty of opportunity out there now for those who are willing.

No one is even denying the shortage of homes etc but there is no quick fix as the construction industry is working at maximum capacity.

Looking at the bleak 80's in Ireland with rose-tinted glasses is just bizarre.

"Plenty of opportunity out there for those who are willing"
We've full employment so everyone is willing you patronising prick.
We also have the highest number of young adults still living at home with their parents in the EU AND a deficit in supply of 250,000 homes.
We also have record rents and record house prices.
How on earth can those who rent, save for a deposit and even if they do there are lines of people who want to buy it due to a lack of supply?
Teachers literally cannot afford to buy in Dublin.
They can't fill teaching posts in Dublin.
That's a broken housing market/country.
As Catherine Connolly said "in pursuing full employment the government didn't care about the collateral damage it caused"