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LATER THIS YEAR, new laws will be introduced to regulate property owners who let out their homes on a short-term basis.
From 1 July, new caps will apply to homeowners who want to rent out their residences, while the letting of second properties on a short-term basis will no longer be allowed.
However, TheJournal.ie has learned that Airbnb is encouraging hosts to contact politicians about the proposed regulations to request that they are postponed.
The company is understood to have told homeowners to ask politicians to seek a “grace period” in the introduction of the legislation and to tell Oireachtas members what effect the new laws will have on them and their local community.
Airbnb suggests that the postponement of the laws would allow for fairer regulations that would support tourism in a way that benefits everyone.
But those who support the laws say that hosts have had enough time to prepare for them, and suggest that they will help alleviate the housing crisis.
So today we’re wondering: Should the introduction of new short-term letting laws be postponed?
The difference between politicians with a cause and politicians without one is shown in this article.
Anyone that votes FF/FG/Labour/SF, should be ashamed of themselves and take credit for their part in the state of this country. Anyone that doesn’t go out and vote, should be ashamed for the same reason!
Pat The Cope Gallagher has been around more years than I can remember.
What in the name of God are people voting for him for ?
He’s done absolutely sfa for this country. Will you culchies get rid of him once and for all and inject some badly needed new blood into Irish Politics.
From what I heard the people of Donegal wont vote for him.
If they have sense they won’t he did feck all for us like the rest of them and as for what he done to our fishing quotas..
Another overpaid and underworked prize gobsh1te, lets make these crooks history!
What will be more dangerous Pat for you and Fianna Fail is your support for the Property/Bondholder Tax and for water charges
Can anyone shed light on why he is called “the cope”? Or even what a cope is would be helpful?!
Believe it or not there is a politician called The stroke can’t think of his name of hand.
His Grandfather Paddy the Cope founded the first co-operative grocery business in Donegal. Co-op … Cope …
@ Stephen Barry. Just ONE?
Ha brilliant! All a bit gangster though isn’t it? Could extend it further – Enda “The Monk” Kenny, Bertie “The General” Ahern, Joan “The Screech” Burton…
Thanks for the explanation Con, although you’ve kinda killed my little game before it even got going though! Never even had a chance to decide who would be “The Tosser”!
The Stroke Fahy, from Galway. Jailed for corruption, unsurprisingly enough.
I know they are all strokers, but he wore it like a badge of honour,wish I could remember his name.
Willie Stroker?
Thanks Dermot
A cope is part of a Bishop’s regalia.
There was a Fr Willie Stroker in our parish….had a few bad habits.
Fahy an x Fianna Fáil co. councillor in co Galway who got jail for having a nice fence around his property built by all of us
Rónán Mullen will hardly be elected, will he? Seriously worried.
Opus Dei are everywhere.
It could happen.
It could happen, but I’d predict Mairead McGuinness (FG), Pat The Cope Gallagher (FF), Matt Carthy (SF) and Marian Harkin (Ind). That would have sitting FG MEP Jim Higgins losing out.
People of Donegal will certainly vote for Pat. He is widely liked and respected. He does a hell of alot of work for his constituents. He is leading the fight for fairer fishing quotas and bigger punishments for foreign vessels who exploit irish waters. Obviously not everyone will agree but i for one will be voting for him. BTW his Grandfather Paddy “the cope” set up numerous textile, fish factories and other enterprises in west Donegal which provided employment for hundreds of families who othetwise would ve had to emmigrate to Scotland. He is remembered almost as a saint in The Rosses area of Donegal.
Pat the Cope supports the Property Tax AND water charges. His grandfather would be disgusted
I met him at Alicante Airport rushing back to the Dail for a vote, told him that they had broke our country,wasting my time. Was in Gortahort at a Colaiste Einde re union and he turned up for mass and then disappeared ,the next morning headlines on Sunday papers was about our old age pensions being reduced and we were the class of 65 year old.
Sod off, Pat “the Cope” Gallagher. How the hell could you take anyone with a name like that seriously, let alone chose them to represent you abroad?
nout time he retired like most of The politicians up here. But with amount of pension s he has hes probably saving us money by running
He makes a reasonable point.
One should be a sweeper. Pat being allowed run west of the Shannon is a clear indicator that he is the sweeper.
He doesn’t have the wider profile of young Byrne.
I think he could take a leaf out of Tommy Bolger’s book! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuG2pUR7z7E
That senator Byrne is not from rafters road, drimnagh is he?
Are you thinking of Senator Windows?
Seanie go to bed
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