Capital Dock, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, the tallest apartment block in Ireland. Kennedy Wilson plans to include no social housing in the complex, but instead to provide its social housing obligations in Rialto
There will be no social housing in property investment company Kennedy Wilson’s new Capital Dock apartment scheme on Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, and that just 1 per cent of social homes designated for the docklands have been provided because of high costs.
….Under the planning laws, developers must provide 10 per cent of any development of 10 homes or more to local authorities at a discounted price.
Changes made in 2015 mean councils can no longer take cash from the developer instead of social housing, but they can take homes or land at another location.
…The department [of Housing] requires [Dublin City Council] council to stay within average costs of €286,300 for one-bedroom apartments or €372,100 for two-beds within any development. However, it must not pay over a ceiling of €400,800 or €469,500 respectively for any one or two-bed apartment.
Social housing price caps need to be dropped for docklands (Irish Times)
Overrun
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Minister for health Simon Harris
Parents of children using a local service provided by the HSE have been informed of cuts to the service. The reason for this according to the HSE is “Children’s Hospital Overruns”. @fiannafailparty #HSE #ChildrensHospital
— John McGuinness TD (@JMcGuinnessTD) February 8, 2019
There you go now.
Meanwhile…
Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has written to Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin asking him to make clear whether his party has confidence in the Minister for Health and whether his party would support a no-confidence motion.
Ms McDonald wrote that Simon Harris’s position is untenable in a letter seen by RTÉ News.
McDonald asks for Fianna Fáil to clarify support for Harris over hospital (RTÉ)
Earlier: Abysmal
Street Cred
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Letter to the Irish Times from Patricia Walsh in March 1973
Colm Walsh (son) writes:
My mother had arrived in Ireland in 1969 from the East Coast, US & couldn’t believe the state of the country…
Any excuse.
The Cap Fits
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PURE GOLD 😇
A must watch for any former @labour supporters like me who were betrayed by them from 2011 onwards..
Yesterday, they tried to introduce a bill around fairness for children. Things got very heated. #Dail
Fair play @MHealyRae 👏#Le19 #rtept pic.twitter.com/jG6kcssk22
— Mick Caul (@caulmick) February 7, 2019
Michael Healy-Rea leaves Brendan Howlin.
In fairness.
Don’t you?
Don’t YOU!?
This morning.
The High Court, Dublin.
Following yesterday’s Carly Simon-based courtroom drama, Denis O’Brien arrives to continue giving evidence in his action against The Sunday Business Post over articles published on March 15, 2015 giving details of a critical 2008 report by accountants PwC into Ireland’s banks.
Yesterday: Meanwhile, At The High Court
Meanwhile..
Ah here.
Thanks Postman Pat (see comments).
Update:
This afternoon.
Mr O’Brien has claimed the articles in the Sunday Business Post were malicious and that the newspaper souped up and exaggerated a story based on a PwC report to Government about Ireland’s banks and their biggest borrowers.
Under cross-examination, he claimed Mr [Tom] Lyons moved from one newspaper [The Sunday Independent] to another [The Sunday Business Post], brought his files, rewrote the story and turned it into something else. He said the journalist blamed 21 people for bringing down the country, and stuck him into the middle of it.
Denis O’Brien says he did contact INM about 2012 Sunday Independent article (RTÉ)
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Bugatti Chiron Sport 110 Ans Coupe – an extremely limited edition steel blue version of the 1479bhp, quad-turbo, W16 Chiron Sport, togged out with subtle (and less subtle) hints of the French tricolour, celebrating 110 years of production in the manufacturer’s home country.
Yours for a trifling €2,650,000+.
Patriotique, non?
One Day
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Clockwise from top left:Joe Duffy, Hailey Keirse sent the card to Jean-Claude Juncker above with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in Brussels on Wednesday
Further to mystery surrounding the extraordinary Thank You card ‘sent’ to Jean Claude Juncker by EU fan Hailey Kierse.
Ms Kierse told Joe Duffy on RTÉ Radio One’s ‘Liveline’ yesterday that she sent the appreciation when the President of the European Commission refused to remove the backstop from the Brexit Withdrawal Agreement.
She said she wanted to “kiss him” as she feared Ireland would become a “whipping boy”, and the Good Friday Agreement would be at risk if the backstop was to be amended.
Ms Kierse asserted “absolutely no agenda” and had not even heard of Mr Juncker before sending the card.
Conor H writes:
The only reference to Ms Kierse on social media is a Twitter account that follows a number of politicians , including Leo, and only has one tweet…
…which was sent out to all news organisations last August. All most odd. Have we been played? What’s going on?
Anyone?
Yesterday: Junck Mail