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The Daily PollNEW HOUSING MINISTER Eoghan Murphy has reportedly refused to rule out a return to bedsit accommodation as part of the government’s response to the housing crisis.
The Irish Examiner says the minister described it as “a suggestion” before adding that nothing is “off the table”.
Bedsits are typically single-room properties in which the occupants share a bathroom with the occupants of another bedsit in the complex.
They were essentially banned in Ireland in 2013 by housing regulations which ruled out shared bathrooms.
Today’s question, Should bedsits be part of the response to the housing crisis?
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Isn’t Ireland generally used to launder cash on an national scale through the IFSC?
@Pete Gilmartin: Do you have evidence of this? I don’t remember seeing anything about money laundering activities particular to Irish financial institutions.
@Pete Gilmartin: shut it down
@Tom Purcell: Are you really that gullible. https://www.businesspost.ie/financial-services/comment-ireland-is-being-used-to-launder-the-worlds-dirty-money-and-must-take-action-ba90a064
@The Bolt: Firstly I don’t use ad hominems to open a point. secondly – I’m not gullible, and the fact that I asked should show that. I am tired of wild unsubstantiated statements here. Also did you actually read the article – it is mainly about 1 person supposidly laundering money, a couple of cases where CAB frooze assests and an international report commenting on Ireland’s ability to deal with issues.
THere is no evidence in the newspaper report of Ireland laundering on a “national”scale..
@Tom Purcell: He is right, check out fintan o’tooles article in the Irish times..https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/fintan-o-toole-putin-and-the-oligarchs-have-found-a-home-for-their-money-in-dublin-1.4808328?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fopinion%2Ffintan-o-toole-putin-and-the-oligarchs-have-found-a-home-for-their-money-in-dublin-1.4808328
We may have to suffer indeed, but I’m standing with Ukraine on this. It’s absolutely wrong of Russia to do this to a sovereign country. Who’s next on their list to invade???
@Brian Kelly: Wonder were the Irish financial institutions as diligent when the U.S. and their allies invaded Iraq and Afghanistan…WMD was the excuse that time..
@Donal Desmond: and if the irish government can sanction Israeli banks and investments and trade for their occupation of Palestine? and if the irish can sanction the UK for their occupation of Northern Ireland and will the irish government sanction France for their occupation of Mali.?
@Stephen Murphy: Agree 100%, but that does not suit their narrative.
@Stephen Murphy: Your response is a perfect example of the hypocrisy of all this. Not sure if you intended that though.
Thought we were a neutral country, doesn’t that mean we don’t take sides
@John O Mahony: nice stance
@John O Mahony: No, it doesn’t.
@John O Mahony: we are militarily neutral but we support international law which Russia has breached. We also are part of the Common Foreign and Security Policy of the EU.
@Ciaran O’Mara: Does this new found support for international law extend to stopping the theft of Afghanistans reserves, stopping the UK stealing Venezuelas gold reserves? Should we say something about the occupation and ethnic cleansing of Palestine/ Golan? Maybe issue a statement about the US troops currently stealing oil in Syria? Maybe call for the torture camp in occupied Guantanamo to be closed? Lobby for reparations to Libya/Iraq/Afg victims of the illegal NATO invasions?
Yes, we should stand up for Ukranian independence, but not at the expense of the safety of it minority population. If we dont stand up for the rule of law for poor countries, then ‘International law’ is just another weapon for Western Corporations/ Colonialism
Don’t see them sanctioning isreal when it invades palestinian land on a regular basis
@John O Mahony: Careful now, or you’ll be called a Commi or Putin Bot on this forum.
@John O Mahony: typical CommiBot
@Fr. Fintan Stack: Only if you deserve it, so many Putin apologists out there…
@Charles Coughlan: I’ve no problem condemning Putin and his dictatorship but it seem that anyone who even mentions double standards or the atrocities carried out by the west in the Miiddle East or elsewhere is a “Putin Bot” or a “commi”. McCarthyism alive and well in the Journal comments section.
BREAKING: Ireland to confirm sanctions against Russia later today, says Paschal Donohoe.
‘If Mr Putin wants to be without Taytos for St Patrick’s Day, he’s going the right way about it!’ Minister warns. Would of been a better end paragraph to the article.
@Jonny kerr: lmAO
I’d say a very high level of money going through the IFSC.
Russian oligarchs have containers of money stashed here in Irish banks.
@John Johnes: Source? Evidence? And if they have then when sanctions kick in they will not be able to get at it. Rather here than Panama.
@sean o’dhubhghaill: i am 100% sure that you never in your life heard about the things ill tell you now – read about Khodorkovsky the owner of Yukos currently Rosneft, after Putin privatised it.
Read about where he held his assets and money and where exactly did he withdrawn his money from after his 12 years of imprisonment. Russian oligarchs are laundering money around the whole europe – from Ireland to Bulgaria and all the banks are happily doing it.
Also read about ” troika laundromat” if you are interested.
Time to reconsider mini Nuclear Power stations, we need to be far more independent regarding energy supplies, saying that I was one of the attendees at the Carnsore Point anti nuclear festival in 1978 but safety has improved many times since then, once BAM don’t get the contract we should be ok…
No. 4 Ireland
It would appear odd that Ireland is the fourth-largest holder of U.S. debt, particularly when comparing its economy to other European nations, such as Germany. However, a big factor in Ireland’s place is the fact that many U.S. multinational companies, such as Alphabet/Google, set up shop there for more favorable taxes on foreign returns
I guess the man is trembling of fear… Scary ireland trying to be relevant…
@Peter Willekens: relative enough for Russia to have a Ambassador here.
@DERRY1973: ulterior motives to have embassy here
@Peter Willekens: Well they have to say something, what would you prefer, that they just meekly stay quiet because they don’t think Ireland is strong enough? Besides, it’ll add to the multitude of countries saying the same thing.
Thought Russia was our friend.
@Jonathan: our friend until Putin decides he wants to protect Russia citizens living in Ireland then he’ll invade Dublin South
@Jonathan: frankly don’t want them as a “friend” and never viewed them as such
The Russian ambassador must be shaking in his boots meeting Coveney
@Noel Donohue: he might when he has finished rolling around the floor laughing
Russian ambassador. Eh.. Israel?
A brown envelope for everybody in the audience…
Formally remove the Russian ambassador from Ireland
No point meetin him. He just lies constantly. Send the phuker home, no need for him to be here. Few weeks ago he was callin us all paranoid weirdos for thinkin russia would invade Ukraine. Send him off there good lad safe home.
Go back to 1939 and wonder would sanctions have stopped Hitler
@trebloc01: No…,but it was Hitler who invaded Russia, now that didn’t work out to well for him.
@trebloc01: Different world then.
Can you imagine the absolute fear that the poor Russian Ambassador must be feeling at being summoned by err, emm, Simon Coveney.
@Gerry from the Block: You’d never know. After all, remember the last time he had to deal with the Irish Government…..They set a fleet of West Cork Fishermen on them…. They were not long backing off then!
@Gerry from the Block: he should treat Coveney with the disdain and disrespect he’s shown everyone else. arrange the meeting then just don’t show up.
118 billion? Nice little country it is..
Maybe Coveney wants him to bring some Top Russian Vodka for the next Foreign Affairs party
im learning Russian as you read this…
Russia shaking in its boots after Coveney pointing the magic finger….. The laughter is deafening, thank god we are neutral..
@Peter Willekens: He will feel like he has just been savaged by a dead sheep.
This situation will get worse before it gets better
Paper tiger stuff, the Russians couldn’t care less. Mealy mouthed whinings from our beloved politicians all day today. Some of them are blaming the US for this escalation. God help Ukraine, because the EU and NATO/US have backed away from confrontation.
i would say he is pissing Himself !!
@Larry Rawson:
Should be pissing on his embassy, the soviet s c u m
The most amount of work the ambassador has had to do for 30years
Simon speaking about Russian military, he can’t even manage our own defence forces. Its a case of simple Simon says, and everybody laughs
Is the trans Atlantic cable safe I wonder??
The Russian ambassador should be kricked out of Ireland and every country in Europe and afar.
Paper tiger stuff, the Russians couldn’t care less. Mealy mouthed whinings from our beloved politicians all day today. Some of them are blaming the US for this escalation. God help Ukraine, because the EU and NATO/US have backed away from confrontation.
I hope they ask him about saying that the idea of a Russian invasion was “insane” though I’m sure he’ll just say that it’s not an invasion…
This will get worse before it gets better
The Bolsheviks are shaking in their booths
So they are saying they already know 119 billion in dirty money from one country alone is being laundered here but only now are deciding to look into it? Not even do anything just to look into it?
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