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EVERY WEEK, TheJournal.ie offers a selection of statistics and numerical nuggets to help you digest the week that has just passed.
110: The number of votes case in the Dáil in favour of passing the 36th Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2018 onto committee stage.
101: The number of schoolgirls that were released in Nigeria by Islamist militants Boko Haram this week.
182: The number of scenes where smoking is depicted in Netflix Tv show Stranger Things, prompting the broadcaster to be criticised.
€1.737 billion: The amount of money Irish homeowners have spent in total through the Home Renovation Incentive (HRI) scheme since it was launched in 2013.
€1,054: The average cost of renting for new tenancies in the last three months of 2017, according to the RTB Rent Index.
$1.3 trillion: The value of the federal spending bill which was passed by the US Senate this week.
$60 billion: The amount up to in tariffs put on Chinese imports to the US by president Donald Trump.
15: The number of years ago a mummified skeleton with an alien-like head was discovered in Chile. Researchers said this week they had solved the mystery of the skeleton.
6: The number of years Na Fianna – a Dublin GAA club – could lose its main pitch for under new plans for the Metrolink.
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Step right up, pick a number folks, any number you like, are you gonna try the banks, the builders, the landlords, the revenue, the tenant, the council, an boad plan all! An unmitigated, unmanageable, unconscionable, mess and our elected officials dont seem any closer to resolving it. Its been years in the making and will takes years to fix.
Provide Na Fianna direct access to the GAA facilities at The National Sports Campus Abbottstown whilst the works take place.
We any closer to lynching the landlords or should I continue packing?? I mean come on lads…few quid on water & you are up in arms, being repeatedly screwed by the landlord class….nothing….
@Frank Lee: you obviously have no idea the costs involved in being an accidental landlord in negative equity. I suggest you educate yourself before making “off the cuff” remarks.
@Frank Lee: Have a look-see Frank.
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/rental-crisis-why-landlords-are-struggling-to-make-money-1.2430983
Unless you think lynching legitimate property owners who pay ligitimate tax is a viable solution? I think the landlords your thinking about were in the last century.
Don’t forget to pack a toothbrush.
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