Neither the Minister for Housing, nor the Taoiseach, nor the Tánaiste, nor any other cabinet minister made themselves available to Prime Time or the other major news bulletins this evening to talk about their absolutely critical 6 year plan.
They don’t believe in it themselves. No one else should.
They don’t believe in it themselves. No one else should.
November 13, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Neither the Minister for Housing, nor the Taoiseach, nor the Tánaiste, nor any other cabinet minister made themselves available to Prime Time or the other major news bulletins this evening to talk about their absolutely critical 6 year plan.
They don’t believe in it themselves. No one else should.
They don’t believe in it themselves. No one else should.
In better news, there was minimal phone use at the Baxter Dury gig, which was excellent. I took one bad photo as a keepsake.
November 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
In better news, there was minimal phone use at the Baxter Dury gig, which was excellent. I took one bad photo as a keepsake.
There isn’t a single thing mentioned in this RTÉ report that would give you the slightest confidence that this government knows how to move the needle on housing. A plan a year in the making and they have spectacularly failed to grasp to nettle.
72,000 social homes among 300,000 pledged in housing plan
The new housing plan titled 'Delivering Homes, Building Communities' has pledged that a minimum of 300,000 new homes will be built by 2030.
www.rte.ie
November 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
There isn’t a single thing mentioned in this RTÉ report that would give you the slightest confidence that this government knows how to move the needle on housing. A plan a year in the making and they have spectacularly failed to grasp to nettle.
Going to a gig as a punter for a change. Looking forward to the the music and the show. Hoping that the expected slightly older crowd might not be as inclined to video the whole thing on their phones. Time will tell!
November 12, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Going to a gig as a punter for a change. Looking forward to the the music and the show. Hoping that the expected slightly older crowd might not be as inclined to video the whole thing on their phones. Time will tell!
Memeception
I made a “how do you do, fellow kids?” joke to someone in their mid 20s who, it turns out, was too young to have heard of that meme.
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
So “how do you do, fellow kids?” is now an example of “how do you do, fellow kids?”
November 8, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Memeception
FFG has been told by a state department that it has fucked up housing so badly that even if tries quite hard (which it steadfastly refuses to do) it’ll take at least 15 years to catch up.
So FFG has decided to point the finger at asylum seekers to deflect and distract, consequences be damned.
So FFG has decided to point the finger at asylum seekers to deflect and distract, consequences be damned.
November 5, 2025 at 12:30 AM
FFG has been told by a state department that it has fucked up housing so badly that even if tries quite hard (which it steadfastly refuses to do) it’ll take at least 15 years to catch up.
So FFG has decided to point the finger at asylum seekers to deflect and distract, consequences be damned.
So FFG has decided to point the finger at asylum seekers to deflect and distract, consequences be damned.
Simon Harris’s comments on immigration won’t win FG any new votes and will alienate some of their existing base.
It happened to Sinn Fein when they tied something similar. It has happened to both Labour and the Conservatives in the UK.
It’s incredibly poor leadership after their electoral defeat.
It happened to Sinn Fein when they tied something similar. It has happened to both Labour and the Conservatives in the UK.
It’s incredibly poor leadership after their electoral defeat.
October 30, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Simon Harris’s comments on immigration won’t win FG any new votes and will alienate some of their existing base.
It happened to Sinn Fein when they tied something similar. It has happened to both Labour and the Conservatives in the UK.
It’s incredibly poor leadership after their electoral defeat.
It happened to Sinn Fein when they tied something similar. It has happened to both Labour and the Conservatives in the UK.
It’s incredibly poor leadership after their electoral defeat.
The constitution worked perfectly. It kept grifters, layabouts, and the ultra entitled off the ballot paper, and saved us weeks of racist, xenophobic, homophobic, and transphobic dog whistles in the process.
You wanted to be on the ballot? You had 7 years to figure out your plan. #spoofers #aras25
You wanted to be on the ballot? You had 7 years to figure out your plan. #spoofers #aras25
October 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Only FFG could preside over a housing emergency for over a decade and *still* be making things worse not better year after year.
It’s also generally accepted that we need roughly 60K new units p/a just to stand still, so setting a target of 41K is just them saying “we don’t want to solve anything”.
It’s also generally accepted that we need roughly 60K new units p/a just to stand still, so setting a target of 41K is just them saying “we don’t want to solve anything”.
🏠 New dwellings completed so far in 2025
Q1 5,938
Q2 9,214
Q3 9,235
total 24,387 (target 41,000)
“fall of 4% in seasonally adjusted new dwelling completions from Q2 2025 to Q3 2025” www.cso.ie/en/statistic...
Q1 5,938
Q2 9,214
Q3 9,235
total 24,387 (target 41,000)
“fall of 4% in seasonally adjusted new dwelling completions from Q2 2025 to Q3 2025” www.cso.ie/en/statistic...
New Dwelling Completions - CSO - Central Statistics Office
www.cso.ie
October 23, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Only FFG could preside over a housing emergency for over a decade and *still* be making things worse not better year after year.
It’s also generally accepted that we need roughly 60K new units p/a just to stand still, so setting a target of 41K is just them saying “we don’t want to solve anything”.
It’s also generally accepted that we need roughly 60K new units p/a just to stand still, so setting a target of 41K is just them saying “we don’t want to solve anything”.
My big take away from that debate was that Heather Humphreys, like many modern politicians, is incapable of directly answering a question, preferring to stick to and repeat talking points.
Catherine Connolly seemed to be at least trying to directly engage with the questions.
#rtept #aras25
Catherine Connolly seemed to be at least trying to directly engage with the questions.
#rtept #aras25
October 21, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Amazing what can be done when “viability” aka profit isn’t the only thing concerning developers.
Riba Stirling Prize 2025: Appleby Blue Almshouse named Britain's best new building
Appleby Blue Almshouse in London wins the Royal Institute of British Architects' Stirling Prize.
www.bbc.com
October 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Amazing what can be done when “viability” aka profit isn’t the only thing concerning developers.
Anyone willing to listen to Ivan Yates is already voting for Humphreys, but hopefully some undecided people see it for the smug, entitled, dishonest bullshit it is, and it helps push them towards Connolly.
"I would smear the bejaysus out of her, simply because you've nothing to lose... you've got to create a fear... in my experience, nothing works like negative campaigning."
They're really openly saying the quiet part out loud now aren't they...🤔
They're really openly saying the quiet part out loud now aren't they...🤔
October 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Anyone willing to listen to Ivan Yates is already voting for Humphreys, but hopefully some undecided people see it for the smug, entitled, dishonest bullshit it is, and it helps push them towards Connolly.
The attention economy has acted like a black hole on the whole concept of news and journalism, (mostly) shifting it away from reporting on difficult but important concepts like the commodification of housing, climate issues and wealth inequality, and replacing it with constant rage bait stories.
September 27, 2025 at 2:42 PM
The attention economy has acted like a black hole on the whole concept of news and journalism, (mostly) shifting it away from reporting on difficult but important concepts like the commodification of housing, climate issues and wealth inequality, and replacing it with constant rage bait stories.
OK I chuckled a bit Poker Face Season 2
August 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
OK I chuckled a bit Poker Face Season 2
Reason number ♾️+1 why I’ve permanently deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts, and would dearly love to ditch WhatsApp if only others would stop using it … 🤦♂️
Meta permits its AI chatbots to “engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual,” generate false medical information and help users argue that Black people are “dumber than white people," according to a policy document seen by @reuters.com.
www.reuters.com/investigates...
www.reuters.com/investigates...
August 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Reason number ♾️+1 why I’ve permanently deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts, and would dearly love to ditch WhatsApp if only others would stop using it … 🤦♂️
The presumably more successful e-scooter drugs mules in D7 appear to have upgraded to deafeningly unmuffled motorbikes now, and love nothing better than tearing up and down Manor Street and its environs at all hours.
The dangerous driving is bad enough but it’s the noise level that makes me 🤬.
The dangerous driving is bad enough but it’s the noise level that makes me 🤬.
August 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The presumably more successful e-scooter drugs mules in D7 appear to have upgraded to deafeningly unmuffled motorbikes now, and love nothing better than tearing up and down Manor Street and its environs at all hours.
The dangerous driving is bad enough but it’s the noise level that makes me 🤬.
The dangerous driving is bad enough but it’s the noise level that makes me 🤬.
Just saw a nauseating new way to describe an overpriced block of build to rent apartments:
“A new rental community”
🤢🤮
Everything about build to rent is by its very nature anti community.
“A new rental community”
🤢🤮
Everything about build to rent is by its very nature anti community.
August 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Just saw a nauseating new way to describe an overpriced block of build to rent apartments:
“A new rental community”
🤢🤮
Everything about build to rent is by its very nature anti community.
“A new rental community”
🤢🤮
Everything about build to rent is by its very nature anti community.
I voted for Eoin Hayes, and deeply regret it. I didn’t know he had worked for Palantir, and wouldn’t have voted for him if I had.
Some of that is on me for not digging deeper myself before voting, but I think the Soc Dems showed very poor judgement by running him in the first place.
Some of that is on me for not digging deeper myself before voting, but I think the Soc Dems showed very poor judgement by running him in the first place.
Eoin Hayes' readmission to the Social Democrats has stirred the hornet's nest, with deep discomfort within the party over the move, key people resigning from roles and fellow parties of the left criticising the decision #spéirghorm #irishpol
dublinpeople.com/news/southsi...
dublinpeople.com/news/southsi...
Soc Dems at war over Hayes readmission
Eoin Hayes' readmission to the Social Democrats has stirred the hornets nest, with deep discomfort within the party over the move and fellow parties of the left criticising the decision
dublinpeople.com
August 6, 2025 at 10:21 AM
I voted for Eoin Hayes, and deeply regret it. I didn’t know he had worked for Palantir, and wouldn’t have voted for him if I had.
Some of that is on me for not digging deeper myself before voting, but I think the Soc Dems showed very poor judgement by running him in the first place.
Some of that is on me for not digging deeper myself before voting, but I think the Soc Dems showed very poor judgement by running him in the first place.
Today, 30 years ago, I was right down the front of this all day.
Looking down on Slane Castle, July 22, 1995, when the band played the monumental concert in Ireland—the first show after the brief stoppage of the tour in central Europe when Mike came down with abdominal issues necessitating emergency surgery and canceling a few shows through France and Spain.
July 22, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Today, 30 years ago, I was right down the front of this all day.
This sounds like heaven, and 💯 what I’d spend a Euromillions win doing in Ireland.
‘It can bring you to tears’: is this the world’s most beautiful sounding nightclub?
Transformed from a second world war bunker into Germany’s buzziest dance venue, the acoustics at Open Ground in Wuppertal are raved about by DJs such as Floating Points – and may even be good for your...
www.theguardian.com
July 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
This sounds like heaven, and 💯 what I’d spend a Euromillions win doing in Ireland.
Would totally rock this ngl
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pleasuresnow.com
July 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Would totally rock this ngl
A really concise summary of the negative impacts we can expect from the recent changes to apartment standards in this chat between @orla-hegarty.bsky.social and Rory Hearne.
394. New Apartment Standards – The 21st Century Tenements with Orla Hegarty
Podcast Episode · Reboot Republic - Rory Hearne by Tortoise Shack Media · 16/07/2025 · 37m
podcasts.apple.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A really concise summary of the negative impacts we can expect from the recent changes to apartment standards in this chat between @orla-hegarty.bsky.social and Rory Hearne.
Scruffy orange T-shirt selfie experiments
July 15, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Scruffy orange T-shirt selfie experiments
I saw a Tesla yesterday near Sandycove with one of those “I bought this before Elon went crazy” stickers on the back.
The car was on a 2023 reg.
You ma’am or sir were simply not paying attention. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
The car was on a 2023 reg.
You ma’am or sir were simply not paying attention. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
July 10, 2025 at 2:31 PM
I saw a Tesla yesterday near Sandycove with one of those “I bought this before Elon went crazy” stickers on the back.
The car was on a 2023 reg.
You ma’am or sir were simply not paying attention. 🤷♂️🤦♂️
The car was on a 2023 reg.
You ma’am or sir were simply not paying attention. 🤷♂️🤦♂️