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A PROPERTY tax based on house valuation is set to be in force by the middle of next year as part of the troika bailout programme.
Minister for Finance Michael Noonan yesterday insisted the system had not been finalised, but the Cabinet has agreed the tax will form part of December’s budget.
“It’s very hard on people – there’s no doubt that people are paying the price of what happened at the peak of the Celtic Tiger . . . I’m not making light of it. The issues are very serious and the burden being put on our fellow citizens is a very serious burden and they are having tough times.
“All I can say is if we stick with it, we are going to work our way through it.”
Indeed.
Property tax based on house value to be in force by mid-2013 (Stephen Collins, Kathryn Hayes, Irish Times)
(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)
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This week’s RTE Guide.
Diarmuid O’Brien writes:
Dear RTE, this is like when a child in Star Wars’ pyjamas Photoshops themselves in beside Han Solo.
Thanks Steemcb
Meanwhile, via Annie West:
Havana Laugh
atWelcome sign in Glenties!
#Donegal#Gaa twitter.com/sportsdes/stat…— Des Cahill, RTE (@sportsdes) August 27, 2012
Pat Flanagan writes:
The View from Park House, North Circular Road over the Dublin Mountains a few minutes ago.
UPDATE: at the Ballymount exit of the M50:
Thanks Gavin Murphy
You’ll recall Enda’s speech last week at Béal na mBláth, Co Cork, where he mentioned Lenin’s “visit” to Ireland?
Well…
It’s had a Soviet-style makeover.
Amended transcript of Enda Kenny’s speech on FineGael.ie
Amended transcript of Enda Kenny’s speech on the Department of Taoiseach’s website.
And this is what he actually said.
(Thanks Mr Worf)
Shifting Ground’, by Henghan Peng Architects, of Lord Edward Street, Dublin, in the Irish Pavilion at the 13th International Architecture Exhibition as part of la Biennale di Venezia, which opened today in Venice, Italy, and continues until Sunday, November 25.
Shifting Ground looks “at the embodiment of projective geometry and number in a site specific installation that invites visitors to balance their respective weights”.
This cannot end well.
Meanwhile: Photographer Richard Mosse to represent Ireland at Venice Biennale (Sean O’Hagan, Guardian)
(Marie-Louise Halpenny/Photocall Ireland)
Tim Storms can sing the lowest note ever sung by a human – a E-7, or .189 Hz.
Listen to this with the volume up too high and your fillings will fall out.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_E6J9LNe6LI
The viral mashup the world has been waiting for: PSY’s ‘Gangnam Style’ and LMFAO’s ‘Sexy And I Know It’.
In internet terms, it’s been a very long time coming.
Can’t hear you. Dancing naked on desk.