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IT HAS BEEN announced that Dublin Castle, where the count of the same-sex marriage referendum and the presidential age referendum is taking place, will be open to members of the public today.
The decision was made last night by Simon Harris, Minister of State with special responsibility for the Office of Public Works (OPW).
While access to the Count Centre is strictly by ticket only, members of the public will be able to gain access to the Upper Yard, where the results of the referendum will be shown on a large screen.
The facility will be able to take 2,000 visitors and the space will be marshalled for health and safety reasons. If the space becomes full to capacity, the yard shall then be closed.
Speaking about the decision to open it, Minister Harris, said, “I am delighted to confirm that my office, the OPW, continues to facilitate visitors to Dublin Castle today. While counts for the two referendums are taking place in the Conference Centre, the Castle remains open to the public as usual.”
Votes will this morning be counted in 27 centres around the country.
Dublin Castle is a hugely significant destination and has been witness to many historical events and I have no doubt that all visitors today will enjoy and appreciate the surroundings and the ambience.
The decision was welcomed by Dublin Fianna Fáil councillor Paul McAuliffe, who earlier in the week wrote to the Minister asking that the gates of Dublin Castle be opened.
“This is a campaign that has captured the hearts and minds of much of the electorate, and it has inspired many people who have never been involved in politics or civil action to get involved for the first time. It is only right that these campaigners are given a place to gather and hear the results come in,” he said.
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Great advice until you realise your pool of options is full of leeches.
Because there’s nothing glitzy about a shimmering defaulter who isn’t on a tracker mortgage
Ffs !what are you waiting for borrow your deposit from the credit union, furnish the house on a credit card if you must , but buy buy buy prices will only go up, you have to get on the ladder then when your house doubles in value in 6 weeks time , release the equity and buy two apartments , you can’t lose , it’s easy money !!!! we are all gonna be rich !!!
Again nothing to do with the article. Hysteria made up based on what only some people did during massive price rises. Can you show evidence of this now?
Kal house prices are steadily climbing. What more evidence do you need?
A lot more evidence that people are actually doing as claimed. House prices going up after an over deflation is not evidence. To say it is requires large amounts of ignorance.
Knowing the difference between between the past and present is important so as not to do the wrong thing
Don’t worry about anything at all. There won’t be a crash it will be a tapered landing.
What has that got to do with the article? The market is what it is and not some scheme.
How old you are is a huge factor to determine when you buy. You first have to get to a stable salary then a deposit together. That tends to mean you have between 30-40 to buy after that it is unlikely as you will be looking for less than 25 year mortgage.
Kal – It’s related to the last frenzy of over priced houses and how that ended,just like the next one that will happen.
It’s happened in cycles in the biggest economies in the world and it will happen here again.
Those of us a little older who were able to vote in 2007 are feeling a sense of deja Vu Kal with these kind of headlines, many of us saw the same stuff back then. I was a firm believer in neiliberal economics at the time and didn’t care. I had drank the tiger cool aid. A friend of mine who was in Morgan Kellys class ahead of me already in college deprogrammed me over 6-7 work shifts, and everyone you tried to say the sh11t was gonna hit the fan they’d say ”soft landing”.
So I asked my friend, “how many soft landings have there been in property and housing bubbles before?”
“none, bubbles don’t have soft landings they burst”
I was told I was a doom n gloomer and should go off and join FG. So I talked to some FG people…and Lab people…who assured me there was all party agreement on the economy now, everyone would do the same thing because “we’ve fixed the economy, we’ve gotten that formula right, the argument is how to spend the cash” They knew nothing, only that money was coming in, that’s why they were so bad at managing it when it crashed.
Some of us who were voting for a long time in 2007 know exactly what was going on. A warning to look at you financial agreements still has no bearing on a rant about house prices going up.
I also distinctly remember people screaming at the banks to give more money, parents remortgaging and giving the money to their children, lying and falsifying records to get mortgages etc…
These things were a problem are they still happening?
“There won’t be a crash it will be a tapered landing” – don’t need to hear about your toilet stories thanks…
I remember the banks offering around €15k to customers, if they switched from their trackers to a variable mortgage. The banks are so charitable aren’t they? /s
That 50% off home insurance must be worth about €150? A paltry sum.
To get back to the point of the article… BOI offer a 2k cash back, but over the 30 year life of a 250k mortgage it will cost you approximately 20k more than the current lowest market rate mortgage. Just an example.
That is certainly worth noting. It amazes me people make short sighted decisions and the fact you have to be told
“Look at that organisation’s history with customer care”
Any advice on how to get this information? I’m applying for a mortgage at the moment.
Try mabs, or other such places, financial regulator may list complaints about banks etc.
Stupid Paddy. never learns.
That will fall on deaf hours it will take the next generation to move away from the endoctrined mindset of buying overpriced houses taking on massive debt to be socially accepted as a grown up and going places.
You do get there are real world financial implication to buying a house? Mortgages go down and rent goes up in the long term. How do you rent in a pension?
It isn’t a belief that you are grown up by buying it is financial repercussions of not planning for your future.
There are other options but you need a huge pension to keep renting on retirement.
I’ve only seen the first two minutes but banking deregulation, splash spending before an election, borrowing to fund current spending, a housing boom starting, people who dare to question being called doom and gloomers…I’ve seen this movie somewhere before …is this a remake?
The original was by Bertie Hitchcock. The sequel is being directed by Enda SPIELberg, who’s work with Denis Waterman is now legendary.
Twas my money father, I just didnt want to fill in the forms..!
Its a soap opera and the part where biffo returns in a shower scene telling us it was all a bad dream should be hilarious !!!
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