This household charge is a Statute, otherwise known as an Act of Government and only carries the force of law upon you if you consent to it which means that you’re legally obliged to pay if you consent or in other words go on to householdcharge.ie and register.
Your silence and inaction will also give the appearance of consent. If you do not consent, a Statute cannot affect you in any way whatsoever.
Household Charge – How To legally Avoid Paying It (IrelandOnItsKnees)
Some of the 240 evicted residents of the Priory Hall apartment complex in Donaghmede, Dublin protesting outside Leinster House this afternoon. The residents have been living in temporary accommodation since October.
Also liable for the household charge.
Isaacs Hostel in Frenchman’s Lane, Dublin, voted among the best hostels in the world, closed and locked its doors on Monday night after reportedly giving staff 24 hours notice.
From Lonely Planet:
”The northside’s best hostel – hell, for atmosphere alone it’s the best in town – is in a 200-year-old wine vault just around the corner from the main bus station. Friendly, secure and well stocked, it generates consistently good reviews from backpackers and other budget travellers’.”
Revenue officials admitted they will hit 15,000 people who have small occupational pensions with a higher tax bill.
But the tax hit will only be temporary because these people are exempt.
That means the taxman will take the money — for a while — and then return it to the pensioners.
The bizarre decision raises serious questions about Revenue’s handling of what has now become a fiasco.
However, the reality for thousands of elderly people now is confusion and a sense of alienation, according to Pensions Ombudsman Paul Kenny.
Or, you know, they may’nt.
January total: € 3,043,517,536
February total: €1,196,513,804
From Bondwatch:
Ah January, a new month, a new year, and a very happy month it’s going to be for the bondholders of Anglo Irish Bank (and let’s not any of us, please, start using its new nom-de-plume). A dead bank, a zombie bank, a bank with now just a single reason for its own continued existence – to pay Irish taxpayers’ money on its own failed bonds.
It started on Tuesday of this week, a mere €2,000,0000 paid out to a lucky US$ Bondholder, it continues for the rest of this month, five Anglo bonds in total including a €1bn ‘covered’ (by us) bond on Jan 22nd but culminating surely in the unsecured €1.25bn bond on Jan 25th.
Previously: The Anglo Bondholders: The Complete List
