Things that make you go .....Hmmm, that's interesting.

[Milltown Row2]

Only away cause he done a major f**k up on that murder with Cresswell and Katie Simpson. And that case been reviewed at the minute. Apparently retired stops any police sacking that may follow and affect his pension.

You know of many police sackings lol?

[Armagh18]

Only away cause he done a major f**k up on that murder with Cresswell and Katie Simpson. And that case been reviewed at the minute. Apparently retired stops any police sacking that may follow and affect his pension.

If it is him responsible for that f**k up he deserves sacking and pension cut

[AustinPowers]

I knew something  didn't add up  when Princess Horse-face pinned  a medal on him recently.

Usually something is going  on when that happens

[naka]

Liking the Spanish government idea to tax non eu purchasers of houses/ property etc 100%  of purchase price.
Would love the government here to introduce a  proper penalty tax to stop non residents or pension funds from buying all the properties in the south .

[armaghniac]

Liking the Spanish government idea to tax non eu purchasers of houses/ property etc 100%  of purchase price.
Would love the government here to introduce a  proper penalty tax to stop non residents or pension funds from buying all the properties in the south .

I'm not sure that there is a huge problem with non residents buying property. Pension funds will buy the property and rent it out long term, which is needed also. Pension funds are much more likely to have long term perspective than other investors who are looking for short term gain.

[marty34]

FFG hve f%^ked up the housing situation big time.

Keeping their mates right.

[Franko]

Liking the Spanish government idea to tax non eu purchasers of houses/ property etc 100%  of purchase price.
Would love the government here to introduce a  proper penalty tax to stop non residents or pension funds from buying all the properties in the south .

I'm not sure that there is a huge problem with non residents buying property. Pension funds will buy the property and rent it out long term, which is needed also. Pension funds are much more likely to have long term perspective than other investors who are looking for short term gain.

Could you explain to me exactly how pension funds buying up large swathes of property to rent out at extortionate rates (often to the same people who could afford to buy the property outright if only they didn't have to continually fork out for said extortionate rent) is **NEEDED**

Away and give yer head a wobble

[armaghniac]

Liking the Spanish government idea to tax non eu purchasers of houses/ property etc 100%  of purchase price.
Would love the government here to introduce a  proper penalty tax to stop non residents or pension funds from buying all the properties in the south .

I'm not sure that there is a huge problem with non residents buying property. Pension funds will buy the property and rent it out long term, which is needed also. Pension funds are much more likely to have long term perspective than other investors who are looking for short term gain.

Could you explain to me exactly how pension funds buying up large swathes of property to rent out at extortionate rates (often to the same people who could afford to buy the property outright if only they didn't have to continually fork out for said extortionate rent) is **NEEDED**

Away and give yer head a wobble

A lot of people want to rent, and someone has to rent to them. It is rents that are excessive, buying a house was never easy. A pension fund running a large building and renting it on a long term basis has a role to play in the property market. Those who are buying up housing estates are usually a bit different.

[Franko]

Liking the Spanish government idea to tax non eu purchasers of houses/ property etc 100%  of purchase price.
Would love the government here to introduce a  proper penalty tax to stop non residents or pension funds from buying all the properties in the south .

I'm not sure that there is a huge problem with non residents buying property. Pension funds will buy the property and rent it out long term, which is needed also. Pension funds are much more likely to have long term perspective than other investors who are looking for short term gain.

Could you explain to me exactly how pension funds buying up large swathes of property to rent out at extortionate rates (often to the same people who could afford to buy the property outright if only they didn't have to continually fork out for said extortionate rent) is **NEEDED**

Away and give yer head a wobble

A lot of people want to rent, and someone has to rent to them. It is rents that are excessive, buying a house was never easy. A pension fund running a large building and renting it on a long term basis has a role to play in the property market. Those who are buying up housing estates are usually a bit different.

Please explain this 'role' in detail - because that post was a load of waffle and I don't think you've a notion what you're on about

Of course rental rates are excessive and it is the large funds which set these rates

They are the only ones with enough critical mass to drive the market - which they have done

Also, large investment funds are buying housing estates and apartments, with little distinction

[naka]

Can't see how it benefits citizens of this country when German funds are able to buy whole apartment blocks for rent which they have done 5/6 times over this past 4 years.
The 207 apartments in haymarket Killiney  bought off market for rent being the latest.
After the  belcamp manor houses,
They aren't doing it out of social responsibility .

[JoG2]

Liking the Spanish government idea to tax non eu purchasers of houses/ property etc 100%  of purchase price.
Would love the government here to introduce a  proper penalty tax to stop non residents or pension funds from buying all the properties in the south .

I'm not sure that there is a huge problem with non residents buying property. Pension funds will buy the property and rent it out long term, which is needed also. Pension funds are much more likely to have long term perspective than other investors who are looking for short term gain.

Could you explain to me exactly how pension funds buying up large swathes of property to rent out at extortionate rates (often to the same people who could afford to buy the property outright if only they didn't have to continually fork out for said extortionate rent) is **NEEDED**

Away and give yer head a wobble

A lot of people want to rent, and someone has to rent to them. It is rents that are excessive, buying a house was never easy. A pension fund running a large building and renting it on a long term basis has a role to play in the property market. Those who are buying up housing estates are usually a bit different.

Genuine question, why do you continually defend FG re the housing / rental crisis? 99% would say it's a complete haims and has been for a long time

[AustinPowers]

New DNA evidence  in the Jack the Ripper case

Does this  fall under  the Legacy Act?

Maybe Mr Benn and co  will try  and  stop this one  too

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vSih0yCqAfA&pp=ygUcZG5hIGV2aWRlbmNlIGphY2sgdGhlIHJpcHBlcg%3D%3D

[Eamonnca1]

Please Don't Make Me Say My Boyfriend's Name

Why calling loved ones by their name is strangely awkward

By Shayla Love

Dale Carnegie, the self-made titan of self-help, swore by the social power of names. Saying someone's name, he wrote in How to Win Friends and Influence People, was like a magic spell, the key to closing deals, amassing political favors, and generally being likable. According to Carnegie, Franklin D. Roosevelt won the presidency partly because his campaign manager addressed voters by their names. The Steel King, Andrew Carnegie (no relation), reportedly secured business deals by naming companies after at least one competitor and a would-be buyer, and maintained employee morale by calling his factory workers by their first name. "If you don't do this," Dale Carnegie warned his readers, "you are headed for trouble."

By Carnegie's measure, plenty of people are in serious jeopardy. It's not that they don't remember what their friends and acquaintances are called; rather, saying names makes them feel anxious, nauseated, or simply awkward. In 2023, a group of psychologists dubbed this phenomenon alexinomia. People who feel it most severely might avoid addressing anyone by their name under any circumstance. For others, alexinomia is strongest around those they are closest to. For example, I don't have trouble with most names, but when my sister and I are alone together, saying her name can feel odd and embarrassing, as if I'm spilling a secret, even though I've been saying her name for nearly 25 years. Some people can't bring themselves to say the name of their wife or boyfriend or best friend—it can feel too vulnerable, too formal, or too plain awkward. Dale Carnegie was onto something: Names have a kind of power. How we use or avoid them can be a surprising window into the nature of our relationships and how we try to shape them.

Full paywalled article:
https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/01/alexinomia-name-awkward-relationships/681364/

[Eamonnca1]

I once went out with someone and we never once addressed each other by name in the six months we were together. Apart from when she called me by name during the breakup call. It was a bit jarring.

I'd never consider addressing my parents by name. I once met someone who introduced his adoptive parents by name and I thought it was weird. My wife refers to her parents by name sometimes, but that's to differentiate between her dad and her stepdad.

Siblings, I almost never address by name, and they almost never address me by name unless it's to get my attention. When they talk about me they refer to me by my nickname.

[LC]

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/other/administrators-appointed-to-filthy-mcnasty-s-business-just-hours-before-demolition/ar-AA1yNaT8

Something not right about this, happy for anyone from a Financial / Legal background out there to tell me the events and associated timings are not connected in anyway whatsoever and are purely coincidental.