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DUBLIN CITY COUNCIL has sought to ease concern about proposed locations in the capital for the new National Children’s Hospital, saying it is satisfied with all proposals.
In a statement, the council said it noted “certain comments made in relation to possible planning issues with a proposed location” for the hospital in Dublin City.
“The fact is that no one can be definitive on the planning aspect of any site at this stage because the final arbiter will be An Bord Pleanala. This applies to sites both within and outside the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council.”
In the Dáil last week Enda Kenny said a decision on the location for the hospital would be determined within the next two weeks. The Phoenix Park, Tallaght and St. James’ campus are all proposed locations for the new paediatric hospital.
The council added that it is satisfied that the proposals within the city boundaries can all work from a planning and infrastructure perspective and “in the process avail of the public transport and other facilities of a city centre location”.
Well we can all sleep peacefully now that that’s sorted.
Not the best comparison really considering he retorted with a figure for the domestic market rather than all operated markets combined.
The greed of the music companies is line one endless stream. The artists complaints are a joke. Plays on Spotify are like having your ads paid for
Streams on Spotify are a pittance and a poor source of income for musicians. More power to her if she wants to remove her music from Spotify. She clearly doesn’t need it as she’s by far the best selling artist this year.
Taylor Swift and her record company are just in it for the prestige of record breaking sales and the history books, not people who listen to the music. Nowhere is questioned what is better for the consumer (or fans as they used to be known)?
Spotify has obviously not cannibalised the album buying public, as her album has one of the highest number of record sales, which is in addition to any income from streaming and video services.. Spotify replaces the radio, not albums sales, and it gives people to opportunity to spend a small amount to listen (not own) music for a low cost. But not low enough that If all you wanted to listen to was taylor swift, then you could buy her back catalogue for less than a few months of spotify.
What the record company don’t get is that the spotify income, small as it is compared to if everyone who listened to a track bought the album instead, is a top up from people who would just download it from a torrent, or listen to it on the radio. It is never about being paid for their work, as she has the highest income per effort in the world, but instead just making sure parents pay what a record company exec told her each fan was worth.
She is probably the most popular pop artist out there at the moment and she would only make €400k/year on Spotify? Most artists must only be making pennies on it
I like her songs.
don’t know why. but her and her songs really annoy me, even more than Cheryl cole
Oooooh no, she only earned €398,000 in the last 12 months. Boo focking Hoo.
Taylor Swift and music in the same sentence . . . ? Jaysus.
Nope.
Maybe?
Depends!
On?
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