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It'd be some house if it cost €150k to build.you could cut that in half and you'd probably be closer to the figure.

Cost of buying the land, developing it with roads, sewers, water mains etc.

Put the Department of Health in charge.
Let money follow the patient.
Pay the Consultant or hospital the deals with the patient whether its a public or private hospital.
That's the easy part though.
What about the loads of other things the HSE do? Can they be all separate operations under the Dept of Health?

[SF and LL building 20 k social houses.]

What would the change have been to?
Sinn Féin and loony left running wild for a year fighting the EU/ECB till reality would hit home.

SF and LL  building 20 k social houses. Doing anything else would be loony. Neoliberalism is a waste of time.

Who would pay for these houses?

The gov could charge rents. How much is it paying private landlords and hotels/bnb's at the moment? It can borrow money for nothing  to create jobs.

This is the political equivalent of an oxymoron. It doesn't make sense to charge rents of people to whom it already pays rent allowances.

And as for the 2nd point, you really want our Government to borrow more money?

20,000 houses @ 150k = 3Bn.
Saving of 20,000 rent supplements @ €500 per month = € 120m per annum
Income of 20,000 Council rents@ €30 per week = €31.2 m per annum
Expenditure - Interest @1% =  €30m p.a.
Would be "cost neutral" after 25 years.

The slavish Syfín love affair of Naomh Brìd continues apace.
Kiltoom is no place for a Division 1 NFL game.

As long as we don't want many supporters seeing the team
We could always use Carrick as we do so well away from home......

[Big media coverage of Gaelic games ends with the AIFs.]

Provincial Councils don't need a vote in Congress to influence things buicìn .
Big media coverage of Gaelic games ends with the AIFs.

Big deal.
Shorting the county season had the potential to improve the club scene and therefore  improve participation.

True but I'm telling you why it wasn't voted through.

Provincial Councils don't need a vote in Congress to influence things buicìn .
Big media coverage of Gaelic games ends with the AIFs.

I have to say, I have been disappointed with congress this year.
I wouldn't have been for the mark (at least without a proper trial) but i suppose we will just have to wait and see how that works.
The biggest disappointment though is not moving the AI finals forward and not getting rid of replays.
These are the two things that could have helped club football and club fixtures hugely and somehow we have decided not to do it.

I cant really understand the logic for defeating either motion.   

Replays = € for the Powerful Provincial Councils
Earlier AI Finals - loss of more media space to soccer/rubby.

What would the change have been to?
Sinn Féin and loony left running wild for a year fighting the EU/ECB till reality would hit home.

Looks like game going to be moved to Kiltoom, weather forecast not favourable.

F F Sake.
So embarrassing.

A shower of fkn cnts who let their builder/ banker/ auctioneer mates destroy the State's economy in return for frequenting the Galway tent.
A shower who were the only Government in the history of the State who had the money and resources to improve the Health system and give children proper schools etc instead of freezing five year olds in prefabs.
But no - they let neo Liberal PDs and Charles CNT McCreevy erode the tax base while throwing taxpayer's money at people who didn't need it e.g SSIAs and property tax breaks.
Any other amount if swear words you can cone up with
.
As for the 24% of so and sos that voted for them....

Enough of this British Health Service crisis and get back to the subject of the thread.
FF seem to want a Govt administered by FG and others but with FF having a veto on everything.
I expect they will keep such a lame duck thing running till the October 2017 budget where they will pull the plug on some populist issue.
Meanwhile there could be some interesting discussions in FG one of which will no doubt be Enda's retirement date.
Do the remains of Labour go into the lame duck Govt or try to rebuild and steal some thunder from SF in opposition?

Aisy on with talking up lads.
Always best to get Kerry in Round 1 or 2 before they get into any sort of shape.
Cork were very sluggish without the ball while we were flying with it.
We have good forwards who can do damage with that yard of space and couple of seconds afforded to us by Cork.

Let's try and ensure safety on Sunday firstly, then use the remaining games to give more of the panel some exposure to D1 and try and solve some of our problem positions.

When do the changes take effect?

does anyone know when the changes come in?

2016 Championship I think. Also, wasn't the mark trialled a few years ago, 2013 I think?

It's coming in  in Ulster on 1st May but 1/1/17 for the rest.
So when does it come in for clubs?
Just for the championship?
or from the start of this years club season?

The answer to this question is usually themselves.

Did Willie Hegarty have on-air 'organisms' on Shiteside radio last Sunday?

Stick to ye're cowboy music and leave football to us.