Leo Varadkar

[slick fingers]

Housing is only slightly down due to increased costs and lack of labour supply however commercial work is expanding.

The number of construction companies in Ireland almost halved in 2022, its absolutely mental whats going on in the industry.
Just an example below of Blacklough Construction Ltd, which went in liquidation last Feb '23

Builder working on hundreds of social homes enters examinership

Blacklough Construction Limited sought the protection of the courts from its creditors

www.irishtimes.com

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

The number of construction companies in Ireland almost halved in 2022, its absolutely mental whats going on in the industry.
Just an example below of Blacklough Construction Ltd, which went in liquidation last Feb '23

Builder working on hundreds of social homes enters examinership

Blacklough Construction Limited sought the protection of the courts from its creditors

www.irishtimes.com

Another, not building but still construction industry

Court appoints provisional liquidator to two SIAC firms

The High Court has appointed a provisional liquidator to two companies within the SIAC construction group.

www.rte.ie

 

[FSG OUT]

The number of construction companies in Ireland almost halved in 2022, its absolutely mental whats going on in the industry.
Just an example below of Blacklough Construction Ltd, which went in liquidation last Feb '23

Builder working on hundreds of social homes enters examinership

Blacklough Construction Limited sought the protection of the courts from its creditors

www.irishtimes.com

We've had a crisis since 2016.
One housing minister killed a homeless guy by moving his tent with a digger.
Coveney made promises in 2017 that never happened.
Fatty O Brien, just last December, refused to accept that housing was a national crisis.
During a housing crisis the government underspent capital expenditure by €1bn.
People in their 70s are being made homeless.
They got rid of an eviction ban and had no legislation ready, despite knowing for 6 months they were ending the eviction ban.
Stop making excuses for the useless c***s.

 

[FSG OUT]

Another, not building but still construction industry

Court appoints provisional liquidator to two SIAC firms

The High Court has appointed a provisional liquidator to two companies within the SIAC construction group.

www.rte.ie

Stop making excuses for the useless c***s.
They've destroyed the country.

 

[Stacky]

The number of construction companies in Ireland almost halved in 2022, its absolutely mental whats going on in the industry.
Just an example below of Blacklough Construction Ltd, which went in liquidation last Feb '23

Builder working on hundreds of social homes enters examinership

Blacklough Construction Limited sought the protection of the courts from its creditors

www.irishtimes.com

All caused by the recent spike in building materials and labour costs.

Not a "recession" or downturn.

 

[SoundMan]

Their last quarterly report.

Planning system backlogs
Schemes stuck in An Bord Pleanala/judicial reviews for years.
Politician's objecting for votes.
Semi-States like ESB and Irish Water cannot even provide utility connections
Lack of available building contractors due to high workload.

Mostly public servants making life worse for everybody as usual as it is not for the lack of funding.

Ah, brilliant. Compared to an absolute sh*t-show the last quarter they're now showing some improvement is it?

I know you're not good with numbers but surely even you can grasp that a 100% increase on 1% is still only 2%

 

[Stacky]

Ah, brilliant. Compared to an absolute sh*t-show the last quarter they're now showing some improvement is it?

I know you're not good with numbers but surely even you can grasp that a 100% increase on 1% is still only 2%

I am not disputing any numbers.

There are about 500 mortgage drawdowns each and every week as well as social houses coming on stream.

That + cash buyers etc.

Just keep catastrophizing everything all the time anyway.

 

[SoundMan]

I am not disputing any numbers.

There are about 500 mortgage drawdowns each and every week as well as social houses coming on stream.

That + cash buyers etc.

Just keep catastrophizing everything all the time anyway.

We get it, you have security and f**k everybody else.

 

[FSG OUT]

500 Mortgage drawdowns means fcuk all. There are no bloody houses you gobshite. 11 years of underinvestment, 12,000 homeless, not including couch surfers, those in direct provision, and a deficit in supply of 250,000 houses are all bloody facts. The scumbags have destroyed the housing market.
Nobody is catastrophizing anything.
If anything everything is downplayed.

 

[Stacky]

We get it, you have security and f**k everybody else.

No.

That is just childish.

People need somewhere to rent or buy and the property is just not there and I have always argued that we should be building all types of housing (student apartments, apartments, pensioners gated communities, mansions and whatever people desire)

Not just social housing and this lack of homes will only have a societal knock-on for decades.

Just read "The Action Plan for Housing" thread and come back to me.

You are amazing at identifying the problem (like we are all unaware) and you will always fully ignore all the clearly identified issues that delay the delivery of new homes etc. when pointed out to you as all you want to do is blame politicians in office.

Which is ironic as you are also a public servant doing very little of value all day every day.

Grow up.